num_pages: 1016
description: Marcel Proust was arguably the greatest writer of the twentieth century. This fascinating, definitive biography by the premier world authority on Proust redefines the way we look at both the artist and the man. A bestseller in France, where it was originally published to great critical acclaim, Jean-Yves Tadie's monumental life of Proust makes use of a wealth of primary material only recently made available, Marcel Proust: A Life provides a scrupulously researched and engaging picture of the intellectual and social universe that fed Proust's art, along with an indispensable critical reading of the work itself. The result is authoritative, magisterial, and a beautiful example of the art of biography.
language: English
title: Marcel Proust: A Life
titlecomplete: Marcel Proust: A Life
genres: France, Biography, French Literature, Queer, Literature, Criticism, Nonfiction, History, Literary Criticism, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 214
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Biography/Autobiography, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Penguin Books