Combray

by Marcel Proust

Overview

La pequeña localidad campestre, originalmente llamada Illiers, a unos cuarenta kilómetros de Chartres, quedó transformada con los recuerdos de infancia de Proust, que la glorificaba en su obra En busca del tiempo perdido bajo el nombre de Combray. Combray es el inicio, la introducción al resto de los volúmenes que conforman En busca del tiempo perdido, y es una lectura imprescindible para todo apasionado de la literatura.

The small country town, originally called Illiers, about forty kilometers from Chartres, was transformed by the childhood memories of Proust, who glorified it in his work In Search of Lost Time under the name of Combray. Combray is the beginning, the introduction to the rest of the volumes that make up In Search of Lost Time, and it is essential reading for all lovers of literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788419320247
Publisher:	Batiscafo
Publication date:	01/31/2023
Edition description:	Spanish-language Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 8.43(h) x 1.02(d)
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was born in Auteuil, France. In his twenties, following a year in the army, he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. After 1899, however, his chronic asthma, the death of his parents, and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. From 1907 on, he rarely emerged from a cork-lined room in his apartment on boulevard Haussmann. There he insulated himself against the distractions of city life and the effects of trees and flowers—though he loved them, they brought on his attacks of asthma. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of In Search of Lost Time.

Date of Birth:

July 10, 1871

Date of Death:

November 18, 1922

Place of Birth:

Auteuil, near Paris, France

Place of Death:

Paris, France