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.
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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.
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 4: U sjeni procvalih djevojaka 2 - Zavičajna imena - Zavičaj
In the Shadow of Blooming Girls, the second novel of the series In Search of Lost Time, was published in 1918 and was awarded the Goncourt Prize in 1919.
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 5: Vojvotkinja de Guermantes 1
In Duchesse de Guermantes ziehen der Protagonist und seine Familie in eine neue Wohnung, die zum Pariser Palast de Guermantes gehört. Er bewundert Mitglieder der High Society und lernt schließlich die Duchesse de Guermantes kennen, und sein Interesse an i
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 7: Sodoma i Gomora 1
In Sodom und Gomorra entlarvt der Protagonist die Gleichgültigkeit und Grausamkeit der Aristokratie und erkennt die Lücke, die der Tod seiner Großmutter hinterlassen hat. Seine Beziehung zu Albertine wird erneuert, aber er bezweifelt, dass Albertine Mädch
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 9: Zatočenica 1
Der Gefangene ist eine Darstellung des Lebens in der Albertina. Die Liebe ist einseitig, aber der Protagonist hat nicht die Kraft, die Beziehung zu beenden. Bergotte und Swann sterben, und nach einem Streit mit Albertine bemerkt er eines Morgens, dass sie
