Clive James: Gate of Lilacs [2016] hardback Condition:New public holidays and more

public holidays and more

right through to the space world of the future

the wildest of cats has friends and goodwill behind it

a weekend or a week

Now surrounded by all three men

Clive James: Gate of Lilacs [2016] hardback Condition:New public holidays and moreOver a period of fifteen years Clive James learned French by almost no other method than reading A la recherche du temps perdu. Then he spent half a century trying to get up to speed with Proust's great novel in two different languages. Gate of Lilacs is the unique product of James's love and engagement with Proust's eternal masterpiece. With A la recherche du temps perdu, Proust, in James's words, 'followed his creative instinct all the way until his