Monsieur Proust's Library

作者 Anka Muhlstein著
出版社 Other Press
出版时间 2012年11月
ISBN 9781590515662
定价 149.00

内容简介

ReadingwassoimportanttoMarcelProustthatitsometimesseemshewasunabletocreateapersonagewithoutabookinhand.Everybodyinhisworkreads:servantsandmasters,childrenandparents,artistsandphysicians.Themoresophisticatedcharactersfinditnaturaltospeakinquotations.Proustmadeliterarytasteameansofdefiningpersonalitiesandgaveliteratureanactualroletoplayinhisnovels.Inthiswonderfullyentertainingbook,scholarandbiographerAnkaMuhlstein,theauthorofBalzac’sOmelette,drawsoutthesethemesinProust'sworkandlife,thusprovidingnotonlyafriendlyintroductiontothemomentousInSearchofLostTime,butalsoexcitinghighlightsofsomeofthefinestworkinFrenchliterature.,

作者简介

AnkaMuhlsteinwasborninParisin1935.MuhlsteinhaspublishedbiographiesofQueenVictoria,JamesdeRothschild,CavelierdeLaSalle,andAstolphedeCustine;studiesonCatherinedeMédicis,MariedeMédicis,andAnneofAustria;adoublebiography,ElizabethIandMaryStuart;andmostrecently,Balzac’sOmelette(OtherPress).ShehaswontwoprizesfromtheAcadémiefrançaiseandtheGoncourtPrizeforBiography.Sheandherhusband,LouisBegley,havewrittenabookonVenice,VeniceforLovers.TheyliveinNewYorkCity.

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