by Marcel Proust · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070360864
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«A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs» is the novel by Marcel Proust, published by Gallimard in paperback (640 pages, in French).
The narrator recalls his adolescence and the awakening of love during summers by the sea. Around the girls in bloom, Proust builds a reflection on memory, jealousy, desire and the transience of beauty, with a prose that delves into the psychology of the characters.
Second part of «En busca del tiempo perdido», originally published in 1919 and winner of the Prix Goncourt. This edition belongs to the Folio collection.
For readers with a command of French and fans of twentieth-century European fiction.
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu, which was published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927 and totals around 1.25 million words. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century.
