Proust's overcoat : the true story of one man's passion for all things Proust
Foschini, Lorenza2011
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A meeting happens between an obsessive bibliophile, Jacques Guérin, the head of a French perfume house, and his physician, Dr Robert Proust, brother of the late writer. Glimpsing the possibility of adding to his collection, Guérin stumbles into a tense and tangled relationship with the novelist's family.
Main title:
Proust's overcoat : the true story of one man's passion for all things Proust / Lorenza Foschini ; translated from the Italian by Eric Karpeles.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Portobello, 2011.
Collation:
128 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: New York: Ecco; London: Portobello, 2010.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781846272721 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.912
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
322548