The two novels listed are supposed to be the foreign equivalents to Proust’s epic . (source: 1001 Books)
- UK: A Dance to the Music of Time (1951 – 1975) – Anthony Powell
- Japan: The Sea of Fertility (1966 – 1971) – Yukio Mishima
Can anyone think of other epic novels from different countries that are considered ‘foreign’ answers to In Search of Lost Time? Criteria are length, level of introspection and lack of plot. Would Robert Musil‘s The Man Without Qualities (1921-1942) count?
See also: modernist literature