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The World of Proust, as Seen by Paul Nadar Book
Marcel Proust (1871–1922) was one of the great geniuses of modern literature. Born in Auteil to wealthy bourgeois parents, he suffered delicate health as a child. During his high school years, he began to frequent salons such as that of Madame Arman, a friend of Anatole France. Troubled by asthma and neuroses, as well as by the deaths of his parents, Proust increasingly withdrew from the outer world and after 1907 lived mainly in a cork-lined room, working at night on his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past). The World of Proust, as seen by Paul Nadar offers an intimate stroll through the society on which Proust’s novel is based. The heart of the book consists of photographs found in the archive of Paul Nadar. These photographs make up a portrait … read more...
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