Description
'Startlingly audacious.' Literary Review New writing from the literary master Throughout Proust's life, nine of his short stories remained unseen - the writer never even spoke of them. Perhaps he was not ready to share the early themes he was nurturing for his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time. Or perhaps, in dealing directly with gay desire, they were too audacious - too near to life - for the censorious society of the time. In these stories, published in English for the first time, we find an intimate portrait of a young author full of darkness, complexity and melancholy, longing to reveal himself to the world.
Author: Marcel Proust
Publisher: ONEWorld Publications
Published: 04/13/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781786079244
ISBN10: 1786079240
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | European | French
- Literary Criticism | European | French
About the Author
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is a titan of twentieth century European literature. The stories that make up The Mysterious Correspondent were written when the author was still in his twenties. Having been discovered by the late Proust specialist Bernard de Fallois in the 1950s, they were held back from publication in France until 2019.