For those who have been putting Proust's novels on their reading list, here are five fun facts you can drop into a conversation that will make you sound like an expert
France's Marcel Proust, who died 100 years ago on Friday, is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of all time — but few can truthfully claim to have read his 2,400-page masterpiece "In Search of Lost Time".
For those waiting for another lockdown to curl up with his magnum opus, here are five fun facts you can drop into a conversation that will make you sound like an expert.
In 1909 Proust launched himself into what would become his masterwork, a novel about memory and the essence of art.