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Swanns Way

by Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis, Christopher Prendergast
Swanns Way

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The first volume of the greatest novels of the twentieth century in Lydia Davis's masterful translation

Marcel Prousts In Search of Lost Time is one of the most entertaining reading experiences in any language and arguably the finest novel of the twentieth century. But since its original prewar translation there has been no completely new version in English. Now, Penguin Classics brings Prousts masterpiece to new audiences throughout the world, beginning with Lydia Daviss internationally acclaimed translation of the first volume, Swanns Way.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 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 up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

 

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"One of the great pieces novels of the twentieth century, rescued by Lydia Davis's mesmerizing new translation. Sentence by sentence, it will change your life." Tin House magazine

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"A sensitive and direct translation....Lydia Davis does us a great service in bringing us back to Proust." Claire Messud, Newsday

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Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is one of the most entertaining reading experiences in any language and arguably the finest novel of the twentieth century. But since its original prewar translation there has been no completely new version in English. Now, Penguin Classics brings Proust's masterpiece to new audiences throughout the world, beginning with Lydia Davis's internationally acclaimed translation of the first volume, Swann's Way.

About the Author

Lydia Davis was awarded the 2003 French-American Foundation Translation Prize for her translation of Marcel Proust's Swann's Way and was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government for her fiction and her translations of such modern writers as Maurice Blanchot and Michel Leiris. She is the author of one novel, The End of the Story, and several volumes of stories, including Varieties of Disturbance, a National Book Award Finalist, and Can't and Won't, a New York Times bestseller. In 2009 her stories were brought together in one volume, The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, which was called "a grand cumulative achievement" and "one of the great, strange American literary contributions" by James Wood in The New Yorker and "one of the great books in recent literature" by Dan Chiasson in The New York Review of Books. A MacArthur Fellow, Davis lives near Albany, New York. Lydia Davis was awarded the 2003 French-American Foundation Translation Prize for her translation of Marcel Proust's Swann's Way and was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government for her fiction and her translations of such modern writers as Maurice Blanchot and Michel Leiris. She is the author of one novel, The End of the Story, and several volumes of stories, including Varieties of Disturbance, a National Book Award Finalist, and Can't and Won't, a New York Times bestseller. In 2009 her stories were brought together in one volume, The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, which was called "a grand cumulative achievement" and "one of the great, strange American literary contributions" by James Wood in The New Yorker and "one of the great books in recent literature" by Dan Chiasson in The New York Review of Books. A MacArthur Fellow, Davis lives near Albany, New York. Lydia Davis was awarded the 2003 French-American Foundation Translation Prize for her translation of Marcel Proust's Swann's Way and was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government for her fiction and her translations of such modern writers as Maurice Blanchot and Michel Leiris. She is the author of one novel, The End of the Story, and several volumes of stories, including Varieties of Disturbance, a National Book Award Finalist, and Can't and Won't, a New York Times bestseller. In 2009 her stories were brought together in one volume, The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, which was called "a grand cumulative achievement" and "one of the great, strange American literary contributions" by James Wood in The New Yorker and "one of the great books in recent literature" by Dan Chiasson in The New York Review of Books. A MacArthur Fellow, Davis lives near Albany, New York.

Table of Contents

Swann's Way Introduction

A Note on the Translation

Suggestions for Further Reading

Part I: Combray

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Part II: Swann in Love

Part III:Place-Names: The Name

Notes

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waerdna , November 02, 2009
Here's a great blog/bookclub which recommends Lydia Davis's translation for this first volume of Proust's masterpiece. I couldn't fit a link in here, so just google corklinedroom. Have fun!

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Callan , June 19, 2007 (view all comments by Callan)
Why not do something you always told yourself you would? And why not in the latest, most excitingly lucid translation? You will thank yourself, and experience something near bliss when you enter the moment through the door of the madeleine.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780142437964
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
11/30/2004
Publisher:
PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE
Series info:
Penguin Classics
Pages:
468
Height:
1.40IN
Width:
5.60IN
Thickness:
1.25
Series:
Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio
Series Number:
1
Age Range:
18 and up
Grade Range:
13 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2004
Series Volume:
In Search of Lost Ti
UPC Code:
2800142437966
Author:
Marcel Proust
Author:
Lydia Davis
Author:
Christopher Prendergast
Subject:
Villages -- France.
Subject:
Villages
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
France Social life and customs.

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