{"product_id":"the-mysterious-correspondent-new-stories","title":"Marcel Proust: The Mysterious Correspondent [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Startlingly audacious.' \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew writing from the literary master\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout Proust's life, nine of his short stories remained unseen - the writer never even spoke of them. Perhaps he was not ready to share the early themes he was nurturing for his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/em\u003e. Or perhaps, in dealing directly with gay desire, they were too audacious - too near to life - for the censorious society of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these stories, published in English for the first time, we find an intimate portrait of a young author full of darkness, complexity and melancholy, longing to reveal himself to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Proust, Marcel \u0026 Mandell, Charlotte","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46592762413395,"sku":"9781786079244","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/proust-marcel-mandell-charlotte-marcel-proust-the-mysterious-correspondent-2021-paperback-9781786079244-57989916229971.jpg?v=1726981326","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-mysterious-correspondent-new-stories","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}