In Search of Lost Time Volume IV Sodom and Gomorrah (Modern

In Search of Lost Time Volume IV Sodom and Gomorrah (Modern Library Classics)

Sodom and Gomorrah opens a new phase of In Search of Lost Time. While watching the pollination of the Duchess de Guermantesâ‚¬s orchid, the narrator secretly observes a sexual encounter between two men. â‚¬Å“Flower and plant have no conscious will,â‚¬Â Samuel Beckett wrote of Proustâ‚¬s representation of sexuality. â‚¬Å“They are shameless, exposing their genitals. And so in a sense are Proustâ‚¬s men and women . . . shameless. There is no question of right and wrong.â‚¬Â

For this authoritative English-language edition, D. J. Enright has revised the late Terence Kilmartinâ‚¬s acclaimed reworking of C. K. Scott Moncrieffâ‚¬s translation to take into account the new definitive French editions of Â la recherchÂ© du temps perdu (the final volume of these new editions was published by the BibliothÂ¨que de la PlÂ©iade in 1989).
Country USA
Brand RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer Modern Library
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_0375753109
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1999-02-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375753107

In Search of Lost Time Volume IV Sodom and Gomorrah (Modern Library Classics)