Chasing Lost Time: The Life of C.K. Scott Moncrieff: Soldier, Spy and Translator
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Author: Jean Findlay
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 368
C. K. Scott Moncrieff s celebrated translation of Proust s A La Recherche du Temps Perdu was first published in 1922 and was a work which would exhaust and consume the translator, leading to his early death at the age of just forty. Joseph Conrad told him, I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust s creation - some literary figures even felt it was an improvement on the original. From the outside an enigma, Scott Moncrieff left a trail of writings that describe a man expert at living a paradoxical life- fervent Catholic convert and homosexual, gregarious party-goer and deeply lonely, interwar spy in Mussolini s Italy and public man of letters a man for whom honour was the most abiding principle. He was a decorated war hero, and his letters home are an unusually light take on day-to-day life on the front. Described as offensively brave , he was severely injured in 1917 and, convalescing in London, became a lynchpin of literary society friends with Robert Graves and Noel Coward, enemies with Siegfried Sassoon and in love with Wilfred Owen. Written by Scott Moncrieff s great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family arch
Author: Jean Findlay
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 368
C. K. Scott Moncrieff s celebrated translation of Proust s A La Recherche du Temps Perdu was first published in 1922 and was a work which would exhaust and consume the translator, leading to his early death at the age of just forty. Joseph Conrad told him, I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust s creation - some literary figures even felt it was an improvement on the original. From the outside an enigma, Scott Moncrieff left a trail of writings that describe a man expert at living a paradoxical life- fervent Catholic convert and homosexual, gregarious party-goer and deeply lonely, interwar spy in Mussolini s Italy and public man of letters a man for whom honour was the most abiding principle. He was a decorated war hero, and his letters home are an unusually light take on day-to-day life on the front. Described as offensively brave , he was severely injured in 1917 and, convalescing in London, became a lynchpin of literary society friends with Robert Graves and Noel Coward, enemies with Siegfried Sassoon and in love with Wilfred Owen. Written by Scott Moncrieff s great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family arch
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Jean Findlay
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 368
C. K. Scott Moncrieff s celebrated translation of Proust s A La Recherche du Temps Perdu was first published in 1922 and was a work which would exhaust and consume the translator, leading to his early death at the age of just forty. Joseph Conrad told him, I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust s creation - some literary figures even felt it was an improvement on the original. From the outside an enigma, Scott Moncrieff left a trail of writings that describe a man expert at living a paradoxical life- fervent Catholic convert and homosexual, gregarious party-goer and deeply lonely, interwar spy in Mussolini s Italy and public man of letters a man for whom honour was the most abiding principle. He was a decorated war hero, and his letters home are an unusually light take on day-to-day life on the front. Described as offensively brave , he was severely injured in 1917 and, convalescing in London, became a lynchpin of literary society friends with Robert Graves and Noel Coward, enemies with Siegfried Sassoon and in love with Wilfred Owen. Written by Scott Moncrieff s great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family arch
Author: Jean Findlay
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 368
C. K. Scott Moncrieff s celebrated translation of Proust s A La Recherche du Temps Perdu was first published in 1922 and was a work which would exhaust and consume the translator, leading to his early death at the age of just forty. Joseph Conrad told him, I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust s creation - some literary figures even felt it was an improvement on the original. From the outside an enigma, Scott Moncrieff left a trail of writings that describe a man expert at living a paradoxical life- fervent Catholic convert and homosexual, gregarious party-goer and deeply lonely, interwar spy in Mussolini s Italy and public man of letters a man for whom honour was the most abiding principle. He was a decorated war hero, and his letters home are an unusually light take on day-to-day life on the front. Described as offensively brave , he was severely injured in 1917 and, convalescing in London, became a lynchpin of literary society friends with Robert Graves and Noel Coward, enemies with Siegfried Sassoon and in love with Wilfred Owen. Written by Scott Moncrieff s great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family arch
Chasing Lost Time: The Life of C.K. Scott Moncrieff: Soldier, Spy and Translator