In Search of Lost Time
~ Marcel Proust
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A few people whose profile includes this book
thelittlephrase
~ 34-year-old woman in Seneca Falls, NY
In Search of Lost Time
“i stole my profile name from swann in love every sentence is a journey”
Spring Awakening
“all is forgiven”
AaronAlex
~ 56-year-old man in Toronto, Canada
In Search of Lost Time
“One of the most important books in my life. It's thoughtful, playful, spiteful, and philosophical, without any of those qualities...”
Snow Country
“I love all of his novels and short stories. Impossible to choose one, but this is as good a place as any to start.”
arslonga
~ 35-year-old man in Calgary, Canada
In Search of Lost Time
“My absolute favorite! Finishing this novel was a highlight of my 20's (hopefully that doesn't sound too pathetic) and I...”
Freedom
“Not too many books have sent me through so many cycles of joy and grief, or made me empathize with the characters at the same...”
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A few comments on In Search of Lost Time (10)
Aug 29, 2010, 9:43 PM
pellucid, a 36-year-old woman in New York
“Whichever translation I've read, it's been more like sipping from a bottle of port. You can't appreciate the prose if you gulp it quickly. I can't, at least.”
Aug 29, 2010, 10:23 PM
waiterforgodot, a 42-year-old man in Brooklyn
“I only got through Swann In Love, read in Central Park on a spring day more than twenty years ago when I was in high school, on a park bench near W. 72nd Street. There was no port, but may have been red wine involved...a Beaujolais Nouveau.”
Aug 29, 2010, 3:57 PM
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waiterforgodot, a 42-year-old man in Brooklyn
“The old edition, translated as "Remembrances Of Things Past," was more like a 40-ouncer of malt liquor, drank while sitting on a stoop.
(no, I realize that doesn't actually make any sense. But I like the image of Proust mixed with Colt 45)”