One hundred years after Marcel Proust’s death (18 November 1922), À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) is one of the best-known literary works. As a genre, Proust’s life’s work can hardly be classified. It is an autobiography, a psychological novel, a series of philosophical essays and a comedy of manners […]
Marcel Proust
Where is Truman Capote’s safe?
Thirty-eight years after his death author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) continues to fascinate. The documentary The Capote Tapes by Eb Burnough looks back on the life and work of this extraordinary American writer. His collection of short stories Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and his novella Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1958) attracted much attention. The […]