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’ Raymond Mortimer. ‘ Anthony Powell. ’ Angus Wilson. With A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. George Painter’s work has brilliantly captured the life of the great writer in a TOUR DE FORCE of scholarly research and literary craft.
Summary
‘One of the great English biographies of all time. ’ Raymond Mortimer.‘No biography has ever before thrown so much light on the making of a masterpiece. ’ Raymond Mortimer. ‘Mr Painter has done his work so well that it is hard to speak in moderate terms of his skill and unobtrusive wit. ’ Anthony Powell. ‘Brilliant and scholarly… . Mr Painter’s greatest triumph is in his depiction of place and people, his revelation of the raw material of the novel. ’ Angus Wilson. With A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMP…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712674799 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0712674799 |
| Author: | George D. Painter Painter |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 816 |
| Release Date: | 26 April 1996 |
| Weight: | 807g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 34mm |
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