{"product_id":"9780008340063","title":"Letters to the Lady Upstairs","description":"Author: Marcel Proust\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008340063\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Mar 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 112\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris’s eighth arrondissement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpstairs lives Madame Williams, with her second husband and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by the noise from upstairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Proust to Madame Williams between the years 1909 and 1919, this precious discovery of letters reveals the comings and goings of a Paris building, as seen through Proust’s eyes. You’ll read of the effort required to live peacefully with annoying neighbours; of the sadness of losing friends in the war; of concerts and music and writing; and, above all, of a growing, touching friendship between two lonely souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Delightful. Big news for Proustians’ \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘If you have suffered from noisy neighbours, you will sympathize with Marcel Proust’ \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A haunting portrait of a friendship between two people who lived within earshot of one another, separated only by a few inches of plaster and floorboard, but who scarcely ever met’ \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47240290271390,"sku":"HPC-9780008340063","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008340063.jpg?v=1780359963","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008340063","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}