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The largest book measures 5 m x 8.06 m, weighs 1500 kg and has 429 pages. It is a compilation of stories about Prophet Mohamed and Islam, unveiled in Dubai in 2012.
22. Sept. 2022 · Artist Ilan Manouach bound together 21,450 pages of the popular Japanese comic “One Piece” to create a sculpture that comments on the commodification of comic books. The artwork, called ONEPIECE, sold out within days and is not official or readable.
10. Aug. 2023 · A book with 1,000 Texas students' writing and artwork broke the record for the largest book published in 2023. The giant book, I Am Texas, measures 7 feet tall and 11 feet wide and weighs 496 pounds.
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13. März 2023 · Marcel Proust's epic novel In Search of Lost Time is the world's longest book, according to Guinness World Records. It has over 9.6 million characters and was published in 13 volumes between 1913 and 1927.
- Michele Debczak
- A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
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Despite being split into multiple volumes, Marcel Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu is considered the longest novel ever published. Its title translates to Remembrance of Things Past (first translated into English asIn Search of Lost Time) and contains nearly 1.3 million words with an estimated 9,609,000 characters. Each letter is counted as o...
It’s obviously hard to summarise a book such as A la recherche du temps perdu, but essentially the book tells the story of Proust’s life and self-discovery, following the narrator’s recollections of childhood and his experiences growing up and falling in love in late 19th century and early 20th century high-society France, while reflecting on the l...
Begun in 1909, when he was aged 38 years old, Proust finished the first volume of his masterpiece in 1912. He used his own money to have the first volume released by the Grasset publishing house in 1913 after receiving rejections from other publishers and editors. At this time, Proust planned only two further volumes. Initially Proust paid critics ...
The book was translated into English by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, appearing under the title Remembrance of Things Past between 1922 and 1931. Scott Moncrieff translated volumes 1 to 6 of the 7 overall volumes. He died before completing the last volume, which was then rendered by other translators at different times. When Scott Moncrieff’s translation ...
In addition to being seen as one of the most profound achievements of the human imagination, this huge and complex book also paints a comic portrait of France during Proust’s lifetime, and the striking characters of the novel loom large, such as Charles Swann and Odette de Crécy, Baron de Charlus, Morel, the Duchesse de Guermantes and Françoise, Sa...
Marcel Proust's epic novel, also known as Remembrance of Things Past, is the longest book in the world according to Guinness World Records. It has nearly 1.3 million words, 9,609,000 characters and 7 volumes, covering the narrator's life, love, memory and art.
- Amy Irvine
5. Aug. 2021 · Learn about the history and controversy of the world's largest books, from the Codex Gigas to EARTH, Platinum Edition. Find out how technology, religion, and politics have influenced the creation and definition of giant volumes.
26. Jan. 2020 · Szinpetri is a small village in northern Hungary, with less than 300 residents, but it is also home to the largest handmade book in the world. The giant volume was crafted using traditional...
