Synopsis
In CITIES OF THE PLAIN (also known as SODOM AND GOMORRAH), Marcel continues his forays into the aristocratic society into which he has finally been admitted, finding satisfaction but a growing disillusionment as well, and is both fascinated and repelled by the world of the flamboyant homosexual Baron de Charlus, and reports on the intricate, hypocritical, and sometimes noble attitudes on the part of his characters toward the Dreyfus case. He also begins the doomed cycle of attraction, jealousy, and suspicion with Albertine that will characterize the next two parts of the novel. And, in CITIES OF THE PLAIN, Swann, one of Proust's pivotal characters, meets his end.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-09-27 | | Editor: | Christopher Prendergast |
| Size | | Length: | 557 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 29.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
Set against the backdrop of decadent Parisian high society and the rise of a conservative bourgeoisie that will supplant it, an all-new translation of the fourth volume in In Search of Lost Time explores the theme of homosexual love and the destructive influence of sexual jealousy.
Industry Reviews
"In spite of his independent manner, Proust has managed to inspire his novel with the prudent technical virtues of suspense and unity. These signs of formal interest are what make 'Remembrance of Things Past' a novel, rather than mere rambling reminiscence....It is held together by a method analogous to that which unifies actual human experience, repetition of events, physical and mental. "
New York Times Book Review - Rose Lee (07/05/1925)
"After all is said one is forced to utter the same comment: Proust is the greatest novelist of our age."
Contemporary Authors - Angel Flores (03/16/1930)
"Marcel Proust is perhaps the greatest psychological novelist of his generation....His lucidities are hidden. He does nothing at all to help you. If you would read him the effort must be yours. He does not descend even one step to meet you. He sits in a certain splendid isolation and demands that you come to him if you will."
Clark
"Veteran critic-editor-translator Sturrock handles this edgy novel's vacillations between intense introspection and societal intrigue easily, alternating long and short sentences with particular success. Sturrock also renders with impressive clarity Proust's subtle variations on the theme of concealment....An essential building block in the construction of a modern masterpiece."
Kirkus (08/15/2004)
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