Издания и произведения

Книга, в основе которой лежит удивительное открытие – двадцать три письма, адресованных даме (и три – её супругу): до сих пор о существовании этих писем не было известно. Дама была соседкой Марселя Пруста, проживающей на четвёртом этаже в доме 102 на бульваре Османн. Публикация на русском языке этих писем дополняет своеобразным штрихом портрет автора «самой великой французской книги ХХ века», показав его как частного человека в обстановке будничной жизни со всеми её мимолетными радостями и неурядицами. Впервые на русском.

102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris’s eighth arrondissement.Upstairs lives Madame Williams, with her second husband and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by the noise from upstairs.Written by Proust to Madame Williams between the years 1909 and 1919, this precious discovery of letters reveals the comings and goings of a Paris building, as seen through Proust’s eyes. You’ll read of the effort required to live peacefully with annoying neighbours; of the sadness of losing friends in the war; of concerts and music and writing; and, above all, of a…

A charming, funny, poignant collection of twenty-three letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbour102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris's eighth arrondissement.Upstairs lives Madame Williams, with her second husband and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by the noise from upstairs.Written by Proust to Madame Williams between the years 1909 and 1919, this precious discovery of letters reveals the comings and goings of a Paris building, as seen through Proust's eyes. You'll read of the effort required to live peacefully with annoying…