The Guermantes Way

Marcel Proust

2025年1月 · Namaskar Books

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Embark on a profound exploration of society and memory in The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust. This exquisite novel invites readers into the intricate world of the French aristocracy, where the interplay of social status and personal relationships unfolds with remarkable depth.

As Proust’s narrative evolves, you’ll witness the protagonist’s journey through the salons of the Guermantes, revealing the complexities of love, ambition, and the passage of time. Each page is a rich tapestry woven with philosophical insights and exquisite observations of human nature.

But here’s a thought-provoking question: How do our memories shape our identities and perceptions of those around us?

Immerse yourself in Proust’s lyrical prose, where every sentence is crafted with precision and beauty. This novel not only captures the essence of a bygone era but also resonates with the timeless themes of longing and reflection.

Are you ready to delve into the world of The Guermantes Way and experience the nuances of human relationships?

Experience a literary masterpiece that challenges you to reflect on your own journey through life and memory. Proust’s exploration of society and self is a journey you won’t want to miss.

This is your chance to embrace a classic that transcends time and space. Don’t wait—secure your copy of The Guermantes Way today, and join Proust on this enlightening journey!

作者简介

Proust is one of the seminal figures in modern literature, matched only in stature by Joyce, Woolf, Mann and Kafka. By the last decade of the nineteenth century, the charming and ambitious Proust, born into a wealthy bourgeois family, was already a famous Paris socialite who attended the most fashionable salons of the day. The death of his parents in the early years of the twentieth century, coupled with his own increasingly ill health, made of Proust a recluse who confined himself to his cork-lined bedroom on the Boulevard Haussmann. There he concentrated on the composition of his great masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past (1913--27). In recent years, it was discovered that he had already prepared a first draft of the work in the 1890s in Jean Santeuil, which was only published posthumously in 1952. Remembrance of Things Past resists summary. Seeming at turns to be fiction, autobiography, and essay, Remembrance is a vast meditation on the relationship between time, memory, and art. In it the narrator, who bears the same first name as the author, attempts to reconstruct his life from early childhood to middle age. In the process, he surveys French society at the turn of the century and describes the eventual decline of the aristocracy in the face of the rising middle class. The process of reconstruction of Marcel's past life is made possible by the psychological device of involuntary memory; according to this theory, all of our past lies hidden within us only to be rediscovered and brought to the surface by some unexpected sense perception. In the final volume of the work, the narrator, who has succeeded in recapturing his past, resolves to preserve it through the Work of Art, his novel.