
For many, Proust is the supreme European writer of the twentieth century. This book tackles his achievement head-on. Art, death, sex, politics, loss, guilt, morality--Proust's major themes are revealed and explained here.

Proust is an European writer of the twentieth century. This book reveals and explains his various themes including art, death, sex, politics, loss, guilt, morality. It asserts that Proust's novel is an exercises in speculative imagining.

