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# Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One) Paperback – June 1, 2015

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    New English translation makes Proust very approchable
  

*by P***V on Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2017*

"Swann's Way" is the first installment in Marcel Proust's multi-volume "In Search Of Lost Time" (formerly "Remembrance Of Things Past"). "Swann's Way"  was finished in 1912 and first published in 1913. The publisher submitted it to a writing contest, but it didn't win."Swann's Way" was written originally in French. The first English translation appeared in 1922 (the year of Proust's death). This translation is part of a long-term project by Penguin Books to create a brand new English translation of "In Search" using a team of translators. The entire project was published in Britain in 2002. US saw the release of the first four volumes in 2004. But the US will not see the rest of the series until 2019 at the earliest. (The British releases of the remaining volumes can still be purchased through Amazon.)This is my first experience with Proust. Proust is not a story-teller like John Steinbeck or Mark Twain. Instead he spends a lot of time observing what's around him and describing what he sees in highly poetic language. You'll see long discussions about the weather, the wildflowers and the trees, the clothes people wear, the vehicles they travel in, and the music they listen to. Proust makes many references to classical music like Mozart, Liszt and Wagner."Swann's Way" contains three sections: Combray, Swann In Love, and Place Names: The Name."Combray" is a boy's memoir of life in Combray, a small French town. It has no real plot. The famous "madeleine" is a desert cake dipped in tea that the narrator bites into and suddenly remembers many forgotten memories of his past. The boy narrator talks about his love of reading and infatuation with the theater, his reclusive grand-aunt Leonie Octave, his housekeeper Francoise, the evening visits of Swann, and his obsession with getting goodnight kisses from his mom. "Combray" explains the book's title: there are two walking paths out of Combray. One of those paths runs past the home of Swann, and is therefore nicknamed "Swann's Way.""Swann In Love" has been described as a novel in a novel. But again it read more like a memoir than a real story. The section takes place before the events in "Combray."Swann is a well-to-do socialite who is invited to the Verdurins' soiree by fellow socialite Odette de Crecy. Swann falls in love with Odette but he is infatuated and eventually lapses into obsession. He finds himself spying on her, stalking her, stealing her mail, and using her friends to gain information. Amazingly, Odette continues to see Swann as a friend, but he just uses these occasions to pry into her past affairs and rumors of lesbianism. Not surprisingly, she drifts away from him."Place-Names: The Name" is the shortest section (supposedly truncated per publisher's directions), and could be retitled "The Narrator In Love." It is yet another memoir of another man (actually a boy) in love with none other than Swann's daughter Gilberte (the name). The boy is not as obsessed as Swann was, but nevertheless causes much stress for his poor governess when he insists on walking to various places in Paris in the off chance of finding Gilberte.Proust is one of those authors that, like fruits & vegetables, is supposed to ‘good' for you. Fortunately, Proust is not avant-garde or experimental, and his language is straightforward and not that hard to understand (probably because the translator made it so). Even Proust's famously long sentences are heavily punctuated, so they aren't too hard to follow.Since "Swann's Way" is a classic, I'm going to leave it to the scholars to rate the novel itself.But five stars go to Lydia Davis' readable translation, the highly informative intro, the detailed footnotes, and the attractive book design.

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    DO NOT BUY THE HARD COVER -- NOT LYDIA DAVIS, NOT PENGUIN
  

*by J***A on Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2018*

THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE SIMON & BROWN HARD COVER that is listed as the hard copy version to Penguin Classic's Lydia Davis translation. IT'S NOT THE SAME BOOK! GET THE PAPERBACK VERSION INSTEAD. I've been reading that Penguin Classics Lydia Davis version is the best version for newcomers to Proust's work. It's supposed to be easier to read, without all the post-Victorian embellishments of earlier translations. It's supposed to have an introduction by her in the front and is loaded with well-researched footnotes. The HARD COPY version with the blue cover and yellow font has NONE of that. In fact, Lydia Davis's name isn't anywhere in or on the book. It's not even published by Penguin Classics. The publsher is Simon & Brown, a third-rate self-publishing company (go ahead, google them -- they're not legit), and it features the old Moncrief translation with no  footnotes  You could basically read this version for free off the internet. I've contacted Amazon for a refund and will be exchanging it for Penguin Classic's Lydia Davis translation in paperback. It's confusing because the bootlegged Simon & Brown copy is listed as the hard copy version of the legitimate Penguin Classic paperback. Amazon, please fix this!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Addictive and amazing
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2017*

After promising myself for years to tackle Proust, downloading all seven volumes on my Kindle for free was irresistible. I'm only two-thirds of the way through Swann's Way, and, yes, the first few dozen pages left me wondering why it's a classic. But after sticking with it, I'm now used to Proust's style and immersed in Proust's world, and it's just a great read. The Centaurus edition is the sometimes lyrical, often clunky Moncrieff translation and though it may be true of all the public domain editions, it's full of stupid typos and misspellings. But hey, even though it's now gone up to a big ninety-nine cents, you're paying fourteen cents a volume for what I'm increasingly finding a staggering piece of writing, and a lot of fun, too. Yep, fun.I'm even firmly believing I'll make it through to the end. Wish me luck!

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