The Proust Project
by Andre Aciman
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Edited by André Aciman, a longtime admirer of Marcel Proust, this collection features essays on Proust by 28 writers, including Colm Tóibín, Judith Thurman, Susan Minot, Louis Auchincloss, Shirley Hazzard, Diane Johnson, Louis Begley, Lydia Davis (who has translated SWANN'S WAY), Alain de Botton (author of HOW PROUST CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE), Edmund White (who has written a biography of Proust), and Aciman himself. Each commentator focuses on one passage from Proust's monumental IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, each of which is printed along with its accompanying commentary. The views of Proust run the gamut from critical to personal, and they come from a wide variety of viewpoints and experience.
Editions of The Proust Project
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Farrar Straus & Giroux |
Date 2004 |
Price $2.48 |
 Fine |
Publisher Notes
The author of Out of Egypt and a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review presents contributions from twenty-eight writers on the life, work, and legacy of Proust, including Shirley Hazard, Lydia Davis, Alain de Botton, and many others. 15,000 first printing..
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"...André Aciman's admirable PROUST PROJECT...has some excellent work, including subtle meditations on losing and finding by Aciman himself as well as...Hazzard, White and Howard."
First Line
Most of us remember who we were, where we were, and what we were doing when we came face to face with Proust for the first time. (From André Aciman's Introduction.)
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