Chasing the lost sunshine

Author: (French) Marcel Proust
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: "On the Way to the Spencer": A sleepless night, an endless journey of memory. In the style of "The Adventures of Tintin," we enter his nostalgic childhood, the French countryside town of Combray in the early 20th century. That era of transition from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles, the golden days before World War I; his longing for his mother's visits before sleep each night, and the adult world on the attic that he could never enter.
"In Search of Lost Time": He is no longer the little boy hiding in the attic of Combray. In the summer, he accompanies his grandmother to the coast of Normandy, where he encounters the extravagance of high society in grand hotels. He meets the painter Estelle and discovers a new appreciation for the seaside, his emotional wounds finding solace. Meanwhile, the playful silhouettes of the girls on the beach begin to captivate him, stirring his thoughts and affections. He is caught in a confusing, sweet, jealous, bitter, and ever-shifting internal struggle, imagining the summer love song he is about to compose...