Foreign Language versions of Proust's - Swann's Way

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Foreign Language versions of Proust's - Swann's Way

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1kitegirl
okt 20, 2008, 10:49 pm

Hi - I am doing an art piece on the foriegn language translations of Proust's Swann's Way. I currently have about 9 versions, but was wanting to know if anyone on here is has fluent foreign language skills (or is non English speaking first language) and would like to assist me in obtaining further editions. Many of the suppliers of foreign language books online seem to be very expensive - so ideally if any of you are living in a foreign language country and can obtain a cheaper version or secondhand version - (happy to pay of course for all shipping/handling and price of book) I would love to hear from you. _or indeed point me in the right direction.

I currently already have:
Spanish (Latin American)
Germany
Norway
Netherlands
Hungary
Poland
Korean
Japanese
English
French.

Best regards,
Katie

2MMcM
Redigerat: okt 20, 2008, 11:59 pm

You aren't in the USA, are you? There are online stores here that cater to ex-pats and will stock a classic like that. But postage is going to really drive the price up, so that it might be better to go to the source, unless there are corresponding ones near you.

For instance, Russian is US$15 (+ postage from NYC); Turkish is $20 (Brooklyn also); Persian is US$18 (+ postage from California). How does that compare to your budget for this?

3kitegirl
okt 21, 2008, 1:52 am

Thanks MMcM - that kind of cost is ok. I can manage that - I just had trouble navigating to the pages as I can't read the language - but you have provided me three links so that's extremely helpful. I will see if I can follow through with a purchase off them, (supposing I can fumble my way through it). Many thanks for prompt response.

4kitegirl
okt 21, 2008, 2:10 am

postscript - I fumbled through the Russian site - the postage from NYC is $120!!! I will keep looking. Thanks anyway.