Marcel Proust

'the metamorphosis of Monsieur de Charlus into a new person was so complete that... everything which had appeared incoherent to me until then, was becoming intelligible, and self-evident' The fourth volume of Proust's In Search of Lost Time extends the protagonist's journey of discovery into the social world of fin-de-siècle France. As the biblically inflected title, Sodom and Gomorrah, suggests, however, this world has taken on a new colouring. Through a succession of observations--both voyeuristic and overt--Proust's protagonist encounters and begins to appreciate the great diversity of sexual identities and proclivities that underpin human relations. At the heart of this volume that buzzes with chatter, gossip, and position-taking, is the Baron de Charlus, whose relationship with the working-class Charlie Morel is a central preoccupation of the narrative. This volume lays bare the ways in which ambitions and desires are nurtured, projected, masked, and exposed. Suffering, in love, is rarely far away. Sodom and Gomorrah explores frictions between the social classes via the Verdurins' upward climb and the ways in which the impulses of desire can cut across society's arbitrary boundaries. The narrator recounts his retrospective devastation at the death of his grandmother, and while his connection to Albertine deepens, it is his uncertainty about the true nature of her sexual identity that binds him closer to her, leading to a fraught denouement that paves the way for the next, fateful phase of their relationship. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Persha z trokh posmertnikh knig, jaki skladajut "U poshukakh utrachenogo chasu", opublikovana vpershe v listopadi 1923 roku, tobto cherez rik pislja smerti Marselja Prusta u perekladi genialnogo ukrajinskogo perekladacha Anatolja Perepadi U gliboko intimnomu i psikhologichno napruzhenomu p'jatomu tomi epichnoji sagi frantsuzkogo klasika Marselja Prusta "Polonjanka", nash Opovidach dedali gostrishe usvidomljuje superechnist mizh schirimi pochuttjam i bazhannjam vladarjuvati j pidporjadkuvati sobi svobodu Albertini. Vin porinaje u doslidzhennja nesvobodi u kokhanni j intimnikh pochuttiv, scho zdatni peretvorjuvati schire pochuttja na v'jaznitsju. "Polonjanka" - tse najbilsh nasichena chastina sagi, scho zmushuje chitachiv porinuti u vlasnij dosvid ljubovi, revnoschiv i samotnosti. Pravopis imen ta teksti anotatsij ne je ostatochnimi i mozhut zminjuvatisja. Orijentovni dati vikhodu knizhki povidomljatimemo zgodom u nashikh sotsialnikh merezhakh. Chomu varto prochitati roman "U poshukakh utrachenogo chasu. Kniga 5. Polonjanka"? opublikovana vpershe v listopadi 1923 roku, cherez rik pislja smerti Marselja Prusta persha chastina z tsiklu Albertini - jedinogo ob'jektu revnoschiv Opovidacha, i personazhki, jaka tvorit sche j dvi visi romanu sluguje dzerkalom dlja nashikh vlasnikh stosunkiv, sponukajuchi chitachiv zamislitisja nad tim, jak mi kokhajemo i scho naspravdi oznachaje "voloditi" kimos. Pro avtora Marsel Prust (Valentin Louis Georges Eugene Marcel Proust) - frantsuzkij pismennik, lavreat Gonkurivskoji premiji (za roman "U zatinku divchat-kvitok") esejist i kritik. Zdobuv svitove viznannja jak avtor odnogo z najviznachnishikh tvoriv svitovoji literaturi KHKh stolittja - semitomnogo romanu-epopeji "U poshukakh vtrachenogo chasu". Perekladach Anatol Perepadja

Novellix – Stor litteratur i et lille format Blomstrende haver, disede måneskinsaftener, elegante saloner – og en gammel hemmelighed, der kommer frem i lyset og ændrer alt. Denne æske rummer fire noveller af nogle af historiens største forfattere – Virginia Woolf, Anton Tjekhov, Edith Wharton og Marcel Proust. Her får du fortællinger om flammende længsel, drømme der bliver mere virkelige end virkeligheden og mennesker fortabt i fantasiens spil. Alt sammen iscenesat om sommeren, hvor sanseindtryk og følelser forstærkes, og ingen efterlades upåvirket. Æsken indeholder fire bøger:Marcel Proust – Madame de Breyves’ melankolske sommer Virginia Woolf – Kew Gardens Anton Tjekhov – Verotjka Edith Wharton – Romersk feber