{"product_id":"sodom-and-gomorrah-in-search-of-lost-time-volume-4-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcel Proust\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Sturrock\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJohn Sturrock\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fourth volume of one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Sturrock's acclaimed new translation of \u003ci\u003eSodom and Gomorrah \u003c\/i\u003ewill introduce a new generation of American readers to the literary riches of Proust. The fourth volume in this superb edition of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time--\u003c\/i\u003ethe first completely new translation of Proust's masterpiece since the 1920s--brings us a more comic and lucid prose than English readers have previously been able to enjoy.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSodom and Gomorrah\u003c\/i\u003e takes up the theme of homosexual love, male and female, and dwells on how destructive sexual jealousy can be for those who suffer it. Proust's novel is also an unforgiving analysis of both the decadent high society of Paris and the rise of a philistine bourgeoisie that is on the way to supplanting it. Characters who had lesser roles in earlier volumes now reappear in a different light and take center stage, notably Albertine, with whom the narrator believes he is in love, and the insanely haughty Baron de Charlus.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcel Proust \u003c\/b\u003e(1871­-1922) was born in Auteuil, France. In his twenties, following a year in the army, he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. After 1899, however, his chronic asthma, the death of his parents, and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. From 1907 on, he rarely emerged from a cork-lined room in his apartment on boulevard Haussmann. There he insulated himself against the distractions of city life and the effects of trees and flowers--though he loved them, they brought on his attacks of asthma. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Sturrock\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is a writer and critic who has previously translated Victor Hugo, Stendhal, Rimbaud, and a volume of Proust's essays for Penguin Classics. He is a consulting editor at the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Prendergast \u003c\/b\u003e(series editor) is a professor emeritus of French literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.53 x 8.38 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53901837631821,"sku":"9780143039310","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/WXQ1SmlFZ25XdStTUzJ1SWVQQmFadz09.webp?v=1778716218","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/sodom-and-gomorrah-in-search-of-lost-time-volume-4-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}