Although the US military is not officially in combat, sixteen thousand American servicemen are stationed in Vietnam 'advising' the military and government. A female Viet Cong assassin is trawling the boulevards of Saigon, catching US Army officers off-guard with a single pistol shot, then riding off on the back of a scooter. Reading Proust is like watching a galaxy being put together, one particle at a time.” -Aleksandar Hemon, author of The Making of Zombie WarsĪ TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR Everyone wants to live more than one life and Proust is like ‘here’s another one you can live.’” -Francine Prose, New York Times–bestselling author of Mister Monkey “I can think of only one other writer capable of such breadth and humanity: Shakespeare.” -André Aciman, New York Times–bestselling author of Find Me “When I want to restore my faith in literature, I read Proust. . . . Praise for Marcel Proust “Whatever your preference, Proust is a pleasure no serious reader should miss.” -Kirkus Reviews “Reading Proust . . . Originally published in two volumes in 19, The Guermantes Way explores the customs of Parisian society in Belle Époque France. He also continues his journey as a writer, visiting aristocratic and literary salons where, beneath a thin veneer of manners, a battle for political, sexual, and social supremacy rages on . . . So, of course, he falls in love once more. Daily sightings of the duchess do nothing but fan the flames of the narrator’s infatuation with her. They have moved into a stately old town house owned by the Duke and Duchess de Guermantes in the Fauborg Saint-Germain district of Paris.

Continuing the nameless narrator’s voyage through his memories after Within a Budding Grove, The Guermantes Way finds him and his family entering Parisian high society. Summary In the third volume of the celebrated novel, a writer comes into his own and learns the way of the world in Paris.

The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust