The longawaited penultimate volume "the very summit of Proust's art "(Slate) in the acclaimed Penguin translation of Marcel Proust's greatest work, in time for the 150th anniversary of his birth "The greatest literary work of the twentieth century." The New York Times A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckleedged paper Peter Collier's acclaimed translation of The Fugitive introduces a new generation of American readers to the literary riches of Marcel Proust. The sixth and penultimate volume in Penguin Classics' superb new edition of In Search of Lost Time the first completely new translation of Proust's masterpiece since the 1920s brings us a more comic and lucid prose than readers of English have previously been able to enjoy. "Miss Albertine has left! "So begins The Fugitive, the second part of what is often referred to as "the Albertine cycle, "or books five and six of In Search of Lost Time. As Marcel struggles to endure Albertine's departure and vanquish his loss, he ends up in an anguished search for the essential truth of the enigmatic fugitive, whose love affairs with other women provoke in him jealousy and a new understanding of sexuality. Eventually, he lets go of Albertine and begins to find himself, discovering his own longlost inner sources of creativity. For more than seventyfive years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the Englishspeaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the seri... See more
The longawaited penultimate volume "the very summit of Proust's art "(Slate) in the acclaimed Penguin translation of Marcel Proust's greatest work, in time for the 150th anniversary of his birth "The greatest literary work of the twentieth century." The New York Times A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckleedged paper Peter Collier's acclaimed translation of The Fugitive introduces a new generation of American readers to the literary riches of Marcel Proust. The sixth and penultimate volume in Penguin Classics' superb new edition of In Search of Lost Time the first completely new translation of Proust's masterpiece since the 1920s brings us a more comic and lucid prose than readers of English have previously been able to enjoy. "Miss Albertine has left! "So begins The Fugitive, the second part of what is often referred to as "the Albertine cycle, "or books five and six of In Search of Lost Time. As Marcel struggles to endure Albertine's departure and vanquish his loss, he ends up in an anguished search for the essential truth of the enigmatic fugitive, whose love affairs with other women provoke in him jealousy and a new understanding of sexuality. Eventually, he lets go of Albertine and begins to find himself, discovering his own longlost inner sources of creativity. For more than seventyfive years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the Englishspeaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as uptodate translations by awardwinning translators.
