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DO NOT BUY THE HARD COVER -- NOT LYDIA DAVIS, NOT PENGUIN
THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE SIMON & BROWN HARD COVER that is listed as the hard copy version to Penguin Classic's Lydia Davis translation. IT'S NOT THE SAME BOOK! GET THE PAPERBACK VERSION INSTEAD. I've been reading that Penguin Classics Lydia Davis version is the best version for newcomers to Proust's work. It's supposed to be easier to read, without all the post-Victorian embellishments of earlier translations. It's supposed to have an introduction by her in the front and is loaded with well-researched footnotes. The HARD COPY version with the blue cover and yellow font has NONE of that. In fact, Lydia Davis's name isn't anywhere in or on the book. It's not even published by Penguin Classics. The publsher is Simon & Brown, a third-rate self-publishing company (go ahead, google them -- they're not legit), and it features the old Moncrief translation with no footnotes You could basically read this version for free off the internet. I've contacted Amazon for a refund and will be exchanging it for Penguin Classic's Lydia Davis translation in paperback. It's confusing because the bootlegged Simon & Brown copy is listed as the hard copy version of the legitimate Penguin Classic paperback. Amazon, please fix this!
January 2018 · Books · verified purchase