The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust

by Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Roger Shattuck (Foreword)

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2003
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One of the great literary figures of the modern age, French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) probes the precarious mental and erotic nuances of love, the frail mysteries of time passing and time past in highly original, surprising tales. Includes a new translation of the complete text of Pleasures and Days, Proust's only short-story collection, and six tales previously uncollected and never before available in English.

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One of the great literary figures of the modern age, French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) probes the precarious mental and erotic nuances of love, the frail mysteries of time passing and time past in highly original, surprising tales. Includes a new translation of the complete text of Pleasures and Days, Proust's only short-story collection, and six tales previously uncollected and never before available in English.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 18 Jun 2003
ISBN 10: 0815412649
ISBN 13: 9780815412649

Author Bio

The author is the winner of three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize. He has translated over 180 books, including works by such authors as Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Paul Celan and Albert Schweizer. He lives in Queens, New York.