Sodom and Gomorrah - In Search of Lost Time 4

Informationen zum Autor Marcel Proust was born in Auteuil in 1871. In his twenties he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. After 1899, however, his suffering from chronic asthma, the death of his parents and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of A la recherche du temps perdu . He died in 1922 before publication of the last three volumes of his great work. Klappentext THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION In Sodom and Gomorrah Proust's narrator not only depicts the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century but also exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy. Zusammenfassung Describes the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century and exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy.

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Marcel Proust was born in Auteuil in 1871. In his twenties he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. After 1899, however, his suffering from chronic asthma, the death of his parents and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of A la recherche du temps perdu. He died in 1922 before publication of the last three volumes of his great work.

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• Autori: Marcel Proust
• Con la collaborazione di: D J Enright (Traduzione), D. J. Enright (Traduzione), Enright D. J. (Traduzione), Terence Kilmartin (Traduzione), Kilmartin Terence (Traduzione), C. K. Scott Moncrieff (Traduzione), C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (Traduzione)
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.12.1996
• EAN: 9780099362517
• ISBN: 978-0-09-936251-7
• Pagine: 656
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Serie: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME; In Search of Lost Time
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / General, FICTION / Literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary