Offering the reader a glimpse into the mind of a developing writer, this collection of nine previously unseen short stories by Marcel Proust find him experimenting with various literary forms while unveiling his private – and at the time, taboo – preoccupations. Reflecting themes of homosexual desire, suffering and solitude, the narratives are both revelatory and oddly familiar in terms of characterization and olfactory description.
Throughout Proust's life, nine of his short stories remained unseen - the writer never even spoke of them. Perhaps he was not ready to share the early themes he was nurturing for his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time. Or perhaps, in dealing directly with gay desire, they were too audacious - too near to life - for the censorious society of the time.
In these stories, published in English for the first time, we find an intimate portrait of a young author full of darkness, complexity and melancholy, longing to reveal himself to the world.
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