Proust, a Jewish Way

by Antoine Compagnon

Marcel Proust once wrote, "There is no longer anybody, not even myself, since I cannot leave my bed, who will go along the Rue du Repos to visit the little Jewish cemetery where my grandfather, following a custom that he never understood, went for so many years to lay a stone on his parents' grave." Investigating the origin and significance of this statement, Antoine Compagnon offers new insight into the great author's underappreciated Jewish side...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023121135X
• ISBN13: 9780231211352
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"