{"product_id":"swanns-way-9780143124696","title":"Swann's Way","description":"It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film \u003ci\u003eMoonrise Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e to Penguin's own bestsellers \u003ci\u003eCommitted\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular \u003ci\u003eDaily Drop Cap\u003c\/i\u003e blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, a 'B' for Charlotte Br�nte's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's \u003ci\u003eMy �ntonia\u003c\/i\u003e. It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eP is for Proust.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSwann's Way\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the preeminent novels of childhood: a sensitive boy's impressions of his family and neighbors, all brought dazzlingly back to life years later by a taste of a madeleine. It also enfolds the short novel \"Swann in Love,\" an incomparable study of sexual jealousy that becomes a crucial part of the vast, unfolding structure in I\u003ci\u003en Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e. The first volume of the work that established Proust as one of the finest voices of the modern age--satirical, skeptical, confiding, and endlessly varied in his response to the human condition--\u003ci\u003eSwann's Way\u003c\/i\u003e also stands on its own as a perfect rendering of a life in art, of the past recreated through memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcel Proust \u003c\/b\u003e(1871-1922) spent his twenties as a conspicuous society figure, but after 1907 he rarely emerged from a cork-lined room in his apartment where he devoted himself to the composition of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLydia Davis\u003c\/b\u003e has been a MacArthur Fellow, National Book Award finalist, and Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. Davis was awarded the 2003 French-American Foundation Translation Prize for her translation of Marcel Proust's \u003ci\u003eSwann's Way.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives near Albany, New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Hische\u003c\/b\u003e is a letterer, an illustrator, a typographer, and a web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of directors, has been named a \u003ci\u003eForbes Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"30 under 30\" in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of \u003ci\u003ePrint Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's \"New Visual Artists\". She has designed for Wes Anderson, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, Tiffany \u0026amp; Co, Penguin Books, and many other clients. She resides primarily in San Francisco, occasionally in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50674690162962,"sku":"9780143124696","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d3a45c8-91ad-4e5c-859f-5d27465a38fb.jpg?v=1748515736","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/swanns-way-9780143124696","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}