Autor: Roger Shattuck

One of the great literary figures of the modern age, French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) probes the precarious mental and erotic nuances of love, the frail mysteries of time passing and time pa …

This spare, unforgettable novel is Pierre Michon’s luminous exploration of the mysteries of desire. A young teacher takes his first job in a sleepy French town. Lost in a succession of rainy days and …

‘Shattuck leaves us not only with a deepened appreciation of Proust’s great work but of all great literature as well.’—Richard Bernstein, New York Times For any reader who has been humbled by the lan …

Durante la llamada Belle Époque, París se convirtió en el centro cultural del mundo. Un período en el que la relativa paz, los avances científicos, tecnológicos y las nuevas obras de ingeniería invad …