{"product_id":"9780679720096","title":"Swann's Way","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental masterpiece—in the classic Scott Moncrieff–Kilmartin translation—is not only a perfect introduction to a literary landmark, it also stands on its own as one of the most sensitive renderings of childhood in fiction and a brilliant meditation on the recreation of the past through art and memory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwann’s Way \u003c\/i\u003eis the most frequently read part of Proust’s epic novel, \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Things Past \u003c\/i\u003e(also known as \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time)\u003c\/i\u003e. It\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces subjects that resonate throughout the entire work, including the narrator’s love for Swann’s daughter Gilberte, Swann’s jealous passion for Odette, and the rise of the nouveaux-riches Verdurins. Proust’s narrator vividly recalls his childhood in Paris and Combray, most famously in a fraught evocation of his mother’s good-night kiss and in the iconic scene where the taste of a madeleine dipped in tea brings back a flood of memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016845836528,"sku":"9780679720096","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679720096_p0.jpg?v=1763608041","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679720096","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}