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Proust
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Author: Samuel Beckett
ISBN: 9780571399994
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Publish date: 30 July 2026
Pages: 96
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Subjects: Literary Criticism, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Poetry
An electrifying analysis of one legendary giant of twentieth-century literature by another: Beckett on Proust.
The whole of Proust's world comes out of a teacup . . .
When he was only 25, Samuel Beckett published his first ever book: an electrifying dissection of Marcel Proust's masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu.
Habit, memory and time: Beckett argues that these are the defining characteristics of the human condition. Involuntary memories - like those prompted by Proust's famous madeleine - are radical moments that pierce the veil of habit, and offer inspiration that soothes the existential anguish of time passing.
Through analysing Proust's technique, the young Beckett puts forth a blazing artistic manifesto for his own future works, such as Waiting for Godot, Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable. The result is a totemic meeting of literary minds that illuminates the philosophies of two creative geniuses.
*Read in a new audiobook edition by Eimear McBride*
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