ABOUT THE BOOK:

A provocative, irreverent study of Marcel Proust's life, work and philosophy, unlike any book of literary criticism in recent memory. Includes extensive citations for the academic reader or serious researcher.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Steve Bachmann, AB (Harvard), MFA (UNO), JD (Harvard), has represented many organizations working for social change as an attorney. He is also co-founder of The New Orleans Art Review. He has written scores of law review articles and several books over the years, including THE U.S. CONSTITUTION FOR BEGINNERS (Writers and Readers Press, 1987), illustrated by Pulitzer prize winner Joel Pett; PREACH LIBERTY (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1990); NONPROFIT LITIGATION (John Wiley and Sons, 1992); LAWYERS, LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE, (2001) published in conjunction with the ACORN Cultural Trust and Unlimited Publishing LLC; and two previous books of art criticism, titled SIMULATING SEX: AESTHETIC REPRESENTATIONS OF EROTIC ACTIVITY (2002) and BEYOND NOLA: NEW ORLEANS REVIEWS OF ART (with Terrington Calas, 2002), both published in conjunction with The New Orleans Art Review, and Unlimited Publishing LLC. This is his newest book.