Swann's Way

Name: Swann's Way
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Marcel Proust
ISBN: 9798347909865

Author: Marcel Proust

Narrator: Emma Bronks

Unabridged: 21 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dahmani Limited

Published: 12/26/2024

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust is a timeless exploration of memory, love, and society. The first volume of In Search of Lost Time, it introduces readers to the narrator’s vivid recollections of childhood, the iconic madeleine moment, and the poignant story of Charles Swann’s passionate but turbulent love affair. Proust’s masterful prose weaves themes of desire, jealousy, and the passage of time into a richly detailed portrait of life and longing.

About Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental In Search of Lost Time, which was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. His writings were published in numerous literary magazines, including Le Mensuel and La Revue Blanche, and he also authored the posthumously published Jean Santeuil.

Reviews

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on March 27, 2025

'reality will take shape in the memory alone...’ For 100 years now, Swann’s Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust’s masterpiece, has engaged and enchanted readers. Within moments of turning back the cover and dropping your eyes into the trenches of text, the reader is sent to soaring heights of rapt......more

Goodreads review by Vit on July 13, 2023

Marcel Proust is a weaver – he weaves his narration from memories of the past, dreams and threads of irony… A sleeping man holds in a circle around him the sequence of the hours, the order of the years and worlds. He consults them instinctively as he wakes and reads in a second the point on the earth......more

Goodreads review by Ahmad on August 02, 2021

(Book 685 from 1001 books) - Du Côté de Chez Swann = Swann's Way (À La Recherche du Temps Perdu = In Search of Lost Time #1), Marcel Proust Writing about this series of novels should be a separate book in itself. You do not know where to start, as if you want to depict the pyramids of Egypt stone by......more