Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust (July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922) was one of the most important French writers of the 20th century, best known for his monumental novel In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu), published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. Proust was born in Paris into a wealthy bourgeois family. He studied law and philosophy, but devoted himself to literature at an early age.
His early works include the essay collection Les Plaisirs et les Jours (1896), but it was not until Swann's World (1913), the first part of his epic, that he achieved significant literary recognition. The main theme of Proust's prose is the transience of time and memory, particularly evoked by the famous motif of the Madeleine cookie, which symbolizes sudden recollection.
Proust's style is characterized by long sentences, introspective analysis, and rich psychological insight. Despite health problems, he worked for almost a decade, locked in his cork-paneled room, to complete his life's work.
His influence on world literature is enormous – numerous authors, from Nabokov to Beckett, have cited Proust as a key inspiration.
Titel im Angebot
Combray
The book about Combray is an allegory of an entire novel, a repertoire of Proustian themes and motifs.
Jedna Swannova ljubav / Preobražaj / Čovjekova sudbina
The selection of titles of selected high school reading offered in this way is threefold in its thematic focus, which is seen in Proust in the old world, in Sholokhov in the new life, and in Kafka in the unreliable sign of man.
Put k Swannu
The Journey to Swann is the first part of the monumental cycle "In Search of Lost Time" (À la recherche du temps perdu), published in 1913. The novel is structured in three parts and deals with the themes of memory, time, and love.
Put k Swannu
Sodoma i Gomora I-II
U sjeni procvalih djevojaka, sv. 1-2 (Zavičajna imena-zavičaj, oko gospođe Swann)
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 10: Zatočenica 2
The prisoner is a depiction of life in Albertina. The love is one-sided, but the protagonist does not have the strength to end the relationship. Bergotte and Swann die, and after an argument with Albertine, he notices one morning that she has disappeared.
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 11: Bjegunica
In Bjegunica, the protagonist learns that Albertine died in an accident and he recreates their meetings and life in his spirit.
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 13: Pronađeno vrijeme 2
After many years, the protagonist returns to Paris and meets faces from his youth. He becomes aware of the past and decides that the book he is going to write will be "a big cemetery" and "all his past life". Thus ends Found Time.