Proust's Overcoat: The True Story of One Man's Passion for All Things Proust

by Lorenza Foschini, Eric Karpeles (Translator)

Overview

"A rare and wonderfully written book of literary detection that is heartbreaking as well as thrilling."
—Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient

In the tradition of Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman comes Proust's Overcoat by Lorenza Foschini—the charming, endlessly intriguing story of a collector's obsessive search for the personal effects of legendary author Marcel Proust. This fascinating true story introduces readers to a truly delightful character—Jacques Guérin, owner of a perfume company in France—and enthralls them with his relentless lifelong pursuit of all things Proustian, even the author's most mundane possessions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062005465
Publisher:	HarperCollins e-books
Publication date:	07/18/2010
Sold by:	OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	148
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Lorenza Foschini is an Italian journalist, writer, and television news anchorwoman on RAI, the state—owned Italian radio and television network. As a Vatican correspon—dent, she traveled around the world, covering the journeys of Pope John Paul II. She is the author of Investigation at Millennium's End, which won the Prix Scanno, and has translated Return to Guermantes, a collection of previously unpublished Proustian texts, from French into Italian. Born in Naples, she lives in Rome.

What People are Saying About This

Patti Smith

“This book is just my style. In the spirit of La Bohème, a brilliant aria to the coat.”

Edmund White

“It’s exquisite, delicate, fascinating. I put PROUST’S OVERCOAT on the same shelf as Serena Vitale’s PUSHKIN’S BUTTON and Umberto Eco’s FOUCAULT’S PENDULUM.”

Michael Ondaatje

“A rare and wonderfully written book of literary detection, that is heartbreaking as well as thrilling, about the ‘afterlife’ of a writer’s manuscripts and the things he carried.”

Andre Aciman

“I read it in two sittings and just loved it.”