2016
First Published
3.91
Average Rating
112
Number of Pages
Over a period of fifteen years Clive James learned French by almost no other method than reading À la recherche du temps perdu. Then he spent half a century trying to get up to speed with Proust's great novel in two different languages. Gate of Lilacs is the unique product of James' love and engagement with Proust's eternal masterpiece.
Avg Rating
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Number of Ratings
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Author
Clive James
Author · 45 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. An expatriate Australian broadcast personality and author of cultural criticism, memoir, fiction, travelogue and poetry. Translator of Dante.
