"Proust Among the Stars gathers Proust's thoughts on the self, time, politics, art, sex, and death." "Malcolm Bowie strikes a balance between life and literature that tantalizes the reader with insights as striking as those offered by Proust's generous narrator. No better introduction to Proust could be imagined: it brings readers back to the pleasures of the text rather than to the caprices of biography. It follows Proust into orbit and sends back truly startling pictures of our world."--BOOK JACKET.