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In today's scene, the main character is in a good mood from reading and nice weather and wants to socialize. But when he passes someone and tries to get them into a conversation, the person has no interest.

Today, we have another two part quote. These sentences are so long and full of detail that parts must be skipped and even broken apart to fully digest and respond to it properly. In this scene, M. Vinteuil's

As usual, Proust takes a concept that is unimaginable and describes it with delicacy and awe. On page 156 of Swann's Way: "The process which had begun in her--and in her a little earlier only than

I've been reading Swann's Way in the sauna for quite some time now, and this is the first passage that has truly knocked me back with its power. The flowery prose finally made sense to me. This description

On page 125: "...the ground moved forward under my feet in that garden where for so long my actions had ceased to require any control, or even attention, from my will. Habit had come to take me in

Today I won't use a quote. Instead, we'll reflect on something Proust does extremely well in Swann's Way. He captures really subtle aspects of characters that makes me think: wow, I know that person! The

The narrator contemplates how we judge new writers with different standards. On pages 106-107: "But none of them would go so far as to say 'He's a great writer, he has great talent.' They did not

It's the next article in this series, and our main character is still doing the same thing: reading. He's been reflecting on the nature of reading and books and what the experience is like. On page 92:

In this scene the narrator is reading in a secluded area. He wants to stay away from everything, free from his duties. On page 90: "And then my thoughts, too formed a similar sort of recess, in the

A collection of writings about Proust on PeakD.

In today's scene, we have the narrator meeting a woman he doesn't know, but he does know that a millionaire has given her a house and jewels and all sorts of fancy things. On page 83: "And yet, when

In today's selection, we have the characters eating a meticulously prepared meal. The narrator discusses this in comparison to receiving a gift from an artist (pg 77): "To have left even the tiniest

I've begun to look forward to these sauna sessions and the pouring out of my thoughts afterward into these little blogs. I've even started taking in a pencil to scribble ideas in the margins and underline

There is a deep irony in this experiment to read Proust in the sauna. I set about to do it because I was having trouble sitting alone with my thoughts for an extended period of time. The novel was to give

Proust's In Search of Lost Time is one of those daunting literary masterpieces that everyone wants to have read but never wants to sit down and do the reading. It clocks in at around 4,200 pages (depending

Ceci n’est pas une pipe

Atila Marcel by Sylvain Chomet, 2013 자크타티를 오마주한 애니메이션 <일루셔니스트>를 연출했던 실뱅 쇼베의 첫 실사영화인 마담 프루스트의 비밀 정원은 이전 애니메이션보다 못하다는 평이 많았다. 영화의 시작에서 카메라는 아기 폴의 시선으로 어머니를 따라간다. 알록달록한 색상이 넘치는 거리를 따라 커다란 그랜드캐니언 간판

¿Buscando un regalo diferente para este 14 de febrero? Prueba El Cuestionario Proust: un juego de cartas edición limitada basado en el famoso cuestionario que -dicen- puede revelar un poco más quién eres

My destination is no longer a place, but a new way of seeing #MarcelProust