{"product_id":"monsieur-prousts-library-celebrating-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-marcel-proust-9781635421880","title":"Monsieur Proust's Library: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Marcel Proust","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eCELEBRATING THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF MARCEL PROUST\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Proust not only brought to the fore the beauty of centuries past but also set the scene for the era of modernism. This genius could not have so gloriously entered the twentieth century had he not proudly stood on the shoulders of giants.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom the Conclusion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReading was so important to Marcel Proust that it sometimes seems he was unable to create a character without a book in hand. Everybody in his work reads: servants and masters, children and parents, artists and physicians. The more sophisticated among them find it natural to speak in quotations. Proust made literary taste a means of defining personality and gave literature an actual role to play in his fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this wonderfully entertaining book, scholar and biographer Anka Muhlstein draws out these themes in Proust's work and life, thus providing not only a friendly introduction to the momentous \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e, but also allowing glimpses at some of the highlights and lost treasures of French literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635421880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Anka Muhlstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40190216962229,"sku":"9781635421880","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a71d02fa-cdce-4a8c-9b28-e8b20c9e1eb9.jpg?v=1623129343","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/monsieur-prousts-library-celebrating-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-marcel-proust-9781635421880","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}