In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust is one of the most profoundly visual works in Western literature, a novel devoted to the description of people, their manners and their arts. This book celebrates the close relationship between the visual and literary arts in Proust's masterpiece. Eric Karpeles has identified and located all of the paintings to which Proust makes exact reference, and over 200 are reproduced here in full colour. With accompanying texts drawn from the Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright translation of In Search ...
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In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust is one of the most profoundly visual works in Western literature, a novel devoted to the description of people, their manners and their arts. This book celebrates the close relationship between the visual and literary arts in Proust's masterpiece. Eric Karpeles has identified and located all of the paintings to which Proust makes exact reference, and over 200 are reproduced here in full colour. With accompanying texts drawn from the Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright translation of In Search of Lost Time, this book is an essential addition to the libraries of Proustians worldwide and a handsome volume in its own right.
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Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Thames & Hudson; London, 2008. Hardcover. A Very Good, green cloth binding with blind stamped emblem on front board and black lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some rubbing along board/spine edges, couple of small and faint soiled spots on fore-edge and bottom text block edge, scattered foxing top text block edge and mild scattered foxing to prelims, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, some scattered foxing to verso panels/flaps, Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]., 352pp., notes, indexed, acknowledgements & picture credits, color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.