Proust in English

‘I hadn’t wanted to have sex with the prince,’ Virginia Giuffre said, ‘but I felt I had to.’ Reviewing Giuffre’s memoir, Nobody’s Girl, in the LRB, Andrew O’Hagan writes: ‘All the pomp, tradition, ceremony and “loyalty” in the world can’t wash away the simple facts. Ghislaine Max ...  Show more

Less than two years after winning a huge majority, even many of Keir Starmer’s own MPs think he’s doomed. But is he? Despite a historic loss to the Green Party in the Gorton and Denton by-election last month, the prime minister has managed to cling on, for now. His critics point ...  Show more

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) did little of note until he turned 38 years old - but from that point forward, he devoted the rest of his life to writing a masterpiece. The result, the novel In Search of Lost Time, published in seven volumes from 1913 to 1927, stands as one of the supr ...  Show more

In 2022, France is marking the centenary of the death of the novelist Marcel Proust, the author of the 20th century masterpiece Remembrance of Things Past. In this archive edition of Witness History, Proust's friend, Prince Antoine Bibescu, recalls his conversations with the auth ...  Show more

A l’occasion du centenaire de la disparition de Marcel Proust, retour sur une drôle d’histoire, révélée par la correspondance entre l’écrivain et son ami d’enfance, le banquier Horace Finaly. Une histoire à sens unique et intéressée, qui a empoisonné les dernières années de la vi ...  Show more

Après des années de carrière notamment dans l'illustration jeunesse, Edith Chambon vient de publier son premier roman graphique et autobiographie : Ma Famille Imaginaire. À partir de sa propre histoire familiale, l'autrice parle des secrets familiaux, notamment de l'inceste, e ...