{"product_id":"the-fugitive","title":"The Fugitive","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Fugitive\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMarcel Proust\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143133704\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eDeluxe\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited penultimate volume--\"the very summit of Proust's art\" (\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e)--in the acclaimed Penguin translation of Marcel Proust's greatest work, in time for the 150th anniversary of his birth \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The greatest literary work of the twentieth century\u003ci\u003e.\" --The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Collier's acclaimed translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Fugitive\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a new generation of American readers to the literary riches of Marcel Proust\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eThe sixth and penultimate volume in Penguin Classics' superb new edition of\u003ci\u003e In Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e--the first completely new translation of Proust's masterpiece since the 1920s--brings us a more comic and lucid prose than readers of English have previously been able to enjoy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Miss Albertine has left!\" So begins \u003ci\u003eThe Fugitive, \u003c\/i\u003e the second part of what is often referred to as \"the Albertine cycle,\" or books five and six of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time.\u003c\/i\u003e As Marcel struggles to endure Albertine's departure and vanquish his loss, he ends up in an anguished search for the essential truth of the enigmatic fugitive, whose love affairs with other women provoke in him jealousy and a new understanding of sexuality. Eventually, he lets go of Albertine and begins to find himself, discovering his own long-lost inner sources of creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"The Fugitive | Marcel Proust | Paperback | 9780143133704 | New | Fiction 1693570","offer_id":48165241553048,"sku":"1693570","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/717nDpx52dL.jpg?v=1771918138","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-fugitive","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}