The Madeleine, Lasting Echoes No. 6 — Marcel Proust

In Stock & Ready to Ship The Madeleine Marcel Proust The sixth title in Lasting Echoes, a letterpress series celebrating short stories that endure. About this Edition Few passages in literature render a single instant as completely as the one in which a small cake dipped in tea releases a flood of memory. This chapbook presents that excerpt from Swann’s Way in C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s 1922 translation. Proust is less concerned with plot than with the involuntary power of taste and scent to return us to a past we thought long settled. In these few pages an entire childhood rises up unbidden, and the past is shown waiting in the smallest and most unlikely places. Brief, sensory, and endlessly resonant, it is a meditation on memory itself, and it earns its place in Lasting Echoes as a single moment that has echoed through literature for a century. Specifications Printed letterpress on an Original Heidelberg Windmill Press on Cotton Lettra paper Limited to 100 copies Measures 8.5" × 5.5" Wrapped in extra-thick German-made Gmund paper Sewn by hand 15 pages The Illustrator Featuring three original watercolor illustrations by Kamryn Middour. Slipcase An optional slipcase is available, designed to house any three chapbooks from the Lasting Echoes collection. It is offered separately for readers who wish to build or expand their set over time. What’s Next Upcoming Lasting Echoes titles include short works by Brönte, Mann, Melville and more, with multiple titles already in development.