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100 years after Proust's death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Literature. At 3,000 pages, it can be intimidating to some. This short volume invites first-time readers and veterans alike to view the novel in a new way. Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was arguably France's best-known literary writer. He was the author of stories, essays, translations, and a 3,000-page novel, In Search of Lost Time (1913-27). This book is a brief guide to Proust's magnum opus. Joshua Landy shows why the questions Proust raises are important and exciting for all of us: how we can feel at home in the world; how we can find genuine connection with other human beings; how we can find enchantment in a world without God; how art can transform our lives; whether an artist's life can shed light on their work; what we can know about the world, other people, and ourselves; when not knowing is better than knowing; how sexual orientation affects questions of connection and identity; who we are, deep down; what memory tells us about our inner world; why it might be good to think of our life as a story; how we can feel like a single, unified person when we are torn apart by change and competing desires. Finally, Landy suggests why it's worthwhile to read the novel itself.

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Joshua Landy is the Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French and professor of comparative literature at Stanford University, where he codirects the initiative in philosophy and literature and cohosts the NPR show ""Philosophy Talk."" His books include Philosophy as Fiction: Self, Deception, and Knowledge in Proust, How to Do Things With Fictions, and (as coeditor) The Re-Enchantment of the World: Secular Magic in a Rational Age. Kevin Kemp is an award-winning British actor, narrator, and voice-over artist with a professional career of more than twenty years. He loves narrating all genres, but his specialties include sci-fi and fantasy (as a keen nerd, this suits him very well!), philosophy and academic nonfiction, and comedy. As a dialect coach, Kevin also enjoys titles that give him an accent challenge! His own accent is a relaxed RP/Estuary, which suits everyman stories very well, but with a background in classical and Shakespearean theater, he is confident in more epic settings too. Apart from the above, Kevin really does just love reading, absorbing nonfiction and bestsellers. He loves building rich and personal worlds for his listeners and chatting with them on social media; he can be found online at @KevinKempVO.

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