Le Livre de Poche @livredepoche began reissuing “In Search of Lost Time” in 2022, to commemorate…
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Le Livre de Poche @livredepoche began reissuing “In Search of Lost Time” in 2022 to mark the anniversary of Marcel Proust’s death in 1922. ✨🌟
The first volume, “Swann's Way”, is edited by Matthieu Vernet, who – I’m told via my earpiece 🤫 – completed his PhD under the supervision of Antoine Compagnon @enoitan.
Here are the opening words of his preface:
🖋️ “1913 was a remarkable year for art in general and literature 📚 in particular. Not only were Alain-Fournier’s “Le Grand Meaulnes” 🌳, Apollinaire’s “Alcools” 🍾, Cendrars’ “La Prose du Transsibérien” 🚂 and “La petite Jehanne de France” published within the space of a few months, Larbaud’s “A. O. Barnabooth” 🥴, Péguy’s “L’Argent” 💶 and Segalen’s “Stèles” 🪦 were all published within a few months, but it was also the year of Stravinsky and Nijinsky’s 🕺🏻 “The Rite of Spring” 🌺🩰 with the Ballets Russes, premiered at the newly built Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the founding by Copeau of the Vieux-Colombier theatre 🎭, and Marcel Duchamp’s ready-made “Bicycle Wheel” 🚲. On 14 November, Proust published “Swann's Way” 📗 at his own expense through Bernard Grasset @editionsgrasset. The publication of this volume brought to an end a period of gestation 🫃🏻 that had lasted several years and, at the same time, marked the beginning of the long novelistic cycle “In Search of Lost Time”, which Proust would never be able to complete 🛌⚰️. 1913 is a pivotal year in Proust’s work and life, just as it is for French literature: “Swann's Way” ushers in a new era.” 🙌🏻
Honestly, put like that, doesn’t it make you really want to (re)read the Search?! 🤓❤️🩹
#MatthieuVernet #MarcelProust #proustagram #DucôtédechezSwann #RTP #LdP #1913 #Proust
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