universitybookstore:“Please accept, Monsieur, the expression of...

universitybookstore:

“Please accept, Monsieur, the expression of my highest regards,” – wrote Marcel Proust to the noisy dentist in the apartment upstairs.   What the asthmatic genius craved, of course, was silence. This new book, Marcel Proust: Letters to is Neighbor, translated by Lydia Davis, is a study in courtesy, patience, and how to survive in a cork-lined bedroom.