{"product_id":"the-world-according-to-proust-9780197648681","title":"The World According to Proust","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e100 years after Proust's death, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e remains one of the greatest works in World Literature. At 3,000 pages, it can be intimidating to some. This short volume invites first-time readers and veterans alike to view the novel in a new way.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarcel Proust (1871-1922) was arguably France's best-known literary writer. He was the author of stories, essays, translations, and a 3,000-page novel, \u003cem\u003e In Search of Lost Time\u003c\/em\u003e (1913-27). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a brief guide to Proust's magnum opus in which Joshua Landy invites the reader to view the novel as a single quest-a quest for purpose, enchantment, identity, connection, and belonging- through the novel's fascinating treatments of memory, society, art, same-sex desire, knowledge, \u003cbr\u003eself-understanding, self-fashioning, and the unconscious mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLandy also shows why the questions Proust raises are important and exciting for all of us: how we can feel at home in the world; how we can find genuine connection with other human beings; how we can find enchantment in a world without God; how art can transform our lives; whether an artist's life\u003cbr\u003ecan shed light on their work; what we can know about the world, other people, and ourselves; when not knowing is better than knowing; how sexual orientation affects questions of connection and identity; who we are, deep down; what memory tells us about our inner world; why it might be good to think\u003cbr\u003eof our life as a story; how we can feel like a single, unified person when we are torn apart by change and competing desires. Finally, Landy suggests why it's worthwhile to read the novel itself-how the long, difficult, but joyous experience of making it through 3,000 pages of prose can be\u003cbr\u003etransformative for our minds and souls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197648681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Landy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42389567832245,"sku":"9780197648681","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_488e5e11-14dd-44ac-9857-984f860fa285.jpg?v=1663682232","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-world-according-to-proust-9780197648681","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}