The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories - Paperback

The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories - Paperback

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The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories - Paperback
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The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories - Paperback

The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories - Paperback

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by Marcel Proust (Author), Charlotte Mandell (Translator)


'Startlingly audacious.' Literary Review

New writing from the literary master

Throughout Proust's life, nine of his short stories remained unseen - the writer never even spoke of them. Perhaps he was not ready to share the early themes he was nurturing for his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time. Or perhaps, in dealing directly with gay desire, they were too audacious - too near to life - for the censorious society of the time.

In these stories, published in English for the first time, we find an intimate portrait of a young author full of darkness, complexity and melancholy, longing to reveal himself to the world.

Author Biography

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is a titan of twentieth century European literature. The stories that make up The Mysterious Correspondent were written when the author was still in his twenties. Having been discovered by the late Proust specialist Bernard de Fallois in the 1950s, they were held back from publication in France until 2019.

Charlotte Mandell is a French literary translator of over 40 books that include Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, Honoré de Balzac, Mathias Énard and Jean-Luc Nancy.
Number of Pages: 144
Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN
Publication Date: April 13, 2021

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