{"product_id":"swann-s-way-book-marcel-proust-9780143124696","title":"Swann's Way","description":"It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film \u003ci\u003eMoonrise Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e to Penguin's own bestsellers \u003ci\u003eCommitted\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular \u003ci\u003eDaily Drop Cap\u003c\/i\u003e blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, a 'B' for Charlotte Brönte's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's \u003ci\u003eMy Ántonia\u003c\/i\u003e. It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eP is for Proust.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSwann's Way\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the preeminent novels of childhood: a sensitive boy's impressions of his family and neighbors, all brought dazzlingly back to life years later by a taste of a madeleine. It also enfolds the short novel \"Swann in Love,\" an incomparable study of sexual jealousy that becomes a crucial part of the vast, unfolding structure in I\u003ci\u003en Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e. The first volume of the work that established Proust as one of the finest voices of the modern age--satirical, skeptical, confiding, and endlessly varied in his response to the human condition--\u003ci\u003eSwann's Way\u003c\/i\u003e also stands on its own as a perfect rendering of a life in art, of the past recreated through memory.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49512485355793,"sku":"GOR012463600","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50761547448593,"sku":"CIN0143124692G","price":16.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51566208975121,"sku":"CIN0143124692VG","price":16.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143124692.jpg?v=1750908539","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/swann-s-way-book-marcel-proust-9780143124696","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}