Books by Lydia Davis (translator)
Swann's Way
by Lydia Davis (translator) & Marcel Proust
Swann’s Way (Du côté de chez Swann in French) is volume one of Marcel Proust’s monumental autobiographical novel, À la recherche du temps perdu.
“It’s very much about love. It starts out with this beautiful evocation of his mother. It’s talking about parents who die and the weight that has. His whole life is very much in the context of a family. You see the character almost only in context of that significant family. It’s also a wonderful translation by Lydia Davis, who is a terrific writer and a great translator.” Read more...
The best books on Family Stories
Mona Simpson, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Lydia Davis (translator) were recommended
The best books on Family Stories, recommended by Mona Simpson
Family dynamics are changing dramatically in our modern, workaholic age. The novelist – and sister of Steve Jobs, separated at birth – selects five works of fiction that illustrate some truths about families in all their variety
