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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.
Giorgio Bassani's Italian historical novel, published in 1962, chronicles the relationship between the narrator and the children of the Finzi-Contini family from the rise of Benito Mussolini to the beginning of World War II.
The Perfect Island is written as a chronicle of a summer vacation. Family harmony comes to the fore in the challenges of unfamiliar surroundings, encounters with new people, and mutual conversations.
The novel is melancholic, introspective, and poetic, with an emphasis on the heroine's inner world. The "clouds" here are both real and metaphorical - a place of escape, but also a symbol of the freedom that comes when you dare to change your life.