'The memory of a particular image is only regret for a particular moment...' The Swann Way
is the first volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27) one of the most
important novels of the twentieth century. The work is a portal to Proust's novel and an
introduction to its unforgettable first-person narrator-protagonist. Immersed in themes of time
memory identity art sensation love and jealousy the narrator embarks on the story of his
life and the paths he takes towards fulfilling his vocation as a writer. Principally focused on
the narrator's childhood this volume lays the foundation of Proust's extraordinary literary
edifice. The first volume in a major new translation of In Search of Lost Time co-edited by
Brian Nelson and Adam Watt. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
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