Benjamin Taylor’s outstanding study of Marcel Proust conjures up the man and his times in vivid detailIn Search of Lost Time,also known to British readers as Remembrance of Things Past, is a million-and-a-half-word masterpiece, and ostensibly approximately French life from the early years of the Third Republic to the aftermath of the first world war. To its fans,however, it is unique in world literature, or represents the apotheosis of the novel,a sublime and life-changing experience. Related: Observer Review: In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust Continue reading...
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