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Feb 24, 2009 | ISBN 9780143114987 Buy
Jan 01, 1999 | ISBN 9781101202821 Buy
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Feb 24, 2009 | ISBN 9780143114987
Jan 01, 1999 | ISBN 9781101202821
If there is anyone worthy of producing an intimate biography of the enigmatic genius behind Remembrance of Things Past, it is Edmund White, himself an award- winning writer for whom Marcel Proust has long been an obsession. White introduces us not only to the recluse endlessly rewriting his one massive work through the night, but also the darling of Parisian salons, the grasper after honors, and the closeted homosexual-a subject this book is the first to explore openly. From the frothiest gossip to the deepest angst, here is a moving portrait to be treasured by anyone looking for an introduction to this literary icon.
Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940. His fiction includes the autobiographical trilogy A Boy’s Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony, as well as Caracole, Forgetting Elena, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, and Skinned Alive, a collection of… More about Edmund White
“A tale of twentieth-century literature ‘par excellence’ that White makes fun, accessible, and insightful.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer “White’s biography of Proust is a paragon of the genre; an engrossing and delightful piece of work.” -Norah Vincent, author of Self-Made Man
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