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001			961008259
003			OCoLC
005			20190729110708.0
008			170418s2017 nyuae b 001 0 eng
010			_a2017000591
020			_a9780811224116 _qhardcover
020			_a0811224112 _qhardcover
035			_a(OCoLC)961008259
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDX _dOCLCF _dGK8 _dOCL _dJAI _dUAP _dOCP _dYDX _dVMI
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050	0	0	_aPQ2631.R63 _bA2 2017
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100	1		_aProust, Marcel, _d1871-1922,
240	1	0	_aLettres a sa voisine. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aLetters to his neighbor / _cMarcel Proust ; translated, with an afterword, by Lydia Davis ; text edited and annotated by Estelle Gaudry and Jean-Yves TadieÌ ; with a foreword by Jean-Yves TadieÌ
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew Directions Publishing Corporation, _c[2017]
300			_a110 pages : _billustrations, plans ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"A New Directions Book."
500			_a"Originally published in French as Lettres aÌ sa voisine" -- Verso title page
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes
520			_aMarcel Proust's genius for illuminating pain is on spectacular display in this recently discovered trove of his correspondence, Letters to His Neighbor. Already suffering from noise within his cork-line walls, he was not ready for the fresh assault of a new upstairs neighbor, Dr. Williams, a dentist with a thriving practice directly overhead. Chiefly to Mme Williams, these ever-polite letters (often accompanied by flowers, compliments, books, or even pheasants) are frequently moving and leavened by subtle humor--Proust couches his pained frustration in gracious eloquence. In Lydia Davis's hands, the digressive brilliance of his sentences shines: "Don't speak of annoying neighbors, but of neighbors so charming(an association of words contradictory in principle since Montesquiou claims that most horrible of all are 1st neighbors 2nd the smell of post offices) that the leave the constant tantalizing regret that one cannot take advantage of their neighborliness." Lydia Davis has written a generous afterword, tracing much of what we can know about Proust's perpetually dark room; she details the furnishings as well as the life he lived there, burning his powders, talking with friends, hiring in musicians, and through it all, continuing his heroic work despite an intractable illness and the intrusions of life (and noise) from outside. Letters to His Neighbor is richly illustrated with facsimile letters and photographs--a small treasure for lovers of Proust. -- Inside jacket flap
520			_aBrilliantly translated, here are Proust's tormented, touching, and often very funny letters to his noisy neighbor
600	1	0	_aProust, Marcel, _d1871-1922 _vCorrespondence
600	1	0	_aWilliams, Marie, _d1885-1931 _vCorrespondence
650		0	_aAuthors, French _y19th century _vCorrespondence
650		0	_aAuthors, French _y20th century _vCorrespondence
655		7	_aPersonal correspondence. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01919948
655		7	_aRecords and correspondence. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423917
655		7	_aPersonal correspondence. _2lcgft
700	1		_aDavis, Lydia, _d1947-
700	1		_aGaudry, Estelle,
700	1		_aTadieÌ, Jean-Yves, _d1936-
765	0		_aProust, Marcel, 1871-1922. _tLettres aÌ sa voisine. _d[Paris] : Gallimard, [2013]. _h81 pages ; 24 cm
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