{"product_id":"2940169059519","title":"Marcel Proust","description":"\u003cp\u003eConsidered one of the greatest-and most influential-writers of the twentieth century, Marcel Proust was also one of its most fascinating figures. A strange, reclusive genius who often lay in bed for days at a time obsessively rewriting his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Things Past\u003c\/i\u003e, Proust was at other times a tireless socialite, attending the grandest parties and dazzling guests with his vivacity and wit. But as a boy Proust was yearning and lonely, an ambitious grasper after honors, and a miserably closeted homosexual, an aspect of his life that this book explores frankly and perceptively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"White has a novelist's eye for the telling detail or the remarkable phrase.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101765714160,"sku":"2940169059519","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169059519_p0.jpg?v=1763670737","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169059519","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}