pickIt has great art and gives a pretty good idea of what the first book in Proust‘s epic novel is about. Time and memory and lost chidhood and people known and what love is about. Not sure if I will read the whole thing. Anyone read it?
Dilara I did: 3 decades ago when I was pregnant & at home with free time. I loved Swann's Way. I liked the first half of La recherche better than the later books. It makes sense to read the whole thing because it's built as a whole, with the second half mirroring the first, but at the time I found getting to the end a bit of a slog because, inevitably given its construction, it became a bit repetitive, and its presentation of homosexuality was dated. 5d
KCofKaysville @Dilara Thanks. I may just read the first one, Swann‘s Way, since I have a copy. 5d
AnneCecilie I have and finished a couple of years ago. My favorites was the first book and the third book. The first book had a lot of references to different places in Paris and I love Paris. The third book focused more on art. 5d
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Dilara @KCofKaysville Let us know how it goes! 😁 5d
KCofKaysville @AnneCecilie Thanks for the comment! 4d
CarolynM I read it a long time ago, but I didn‘t make it all the way through, I gave up somewhere in the 5th book when I got really irritated with Marcel. I enjoyed the first 4, though. 4d
KCofKaysville @CarolynM I may just stick with the first one! Thanks. 4d
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