TY - BOOK AU - Proust,Marcel AU - Davis,Lydia AU - Gaudry,Estelle AU - Tadié,Jean-Yves TI - Letters to the lady upstairs SN - 9780008262891 AV - PQ2631.R63 Z48 2017b U1 - 846.9 PRO 2017 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - 4th Estate KW - Proust, Marcel, KW - Williams, Marie, KW - Authors, French KW - 19th century KW - Correspondence KW - 20th century N1 - First published in France as: Lettres à sa voisine by Éditions Gallimard in 2013; Published in the US as "Letters to his neighbor" by New Directions, 2017; Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note; Letter 1 --; Letter 2 --; Letter 3 --; Letter 4 --; Letter 5 --; Letter 6 --; Letter 7 --; Letter 8 --; Letter 9 --; Letter 10 --; Letter 11 --; Letter 12 --; Letter 13 --; Letter 14 --; Letter 15 --; Letter 16 --; Letter 17 --; Letter 18 --; Letter 19 --; Letter 20 --; Letter 21 --; Letter 22 --; Letter 23 --; Letter 24 --; Letter 25 --; Letter 26 N2 - "A charming, funny, poignant collection of twenty-three letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbour 102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris's eighth arrondissement. Upstairs lives Madame Williams, with her second husband and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by the noise from upstairs. Written by Proust to Madame Williams between the years 1909 and 1919, this precious discovery of letters reveals the comings and goings of a Paris building, as seen through Proust's eyes. You'll read of the effort required to live peacefully with annoying neighbours; of the sadness of losing friends in the war; of concerts and music and writing; and, above all, of a growing, touching friendship between two lonely souls."--Publisher's description ER -