tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post3400212832469348479..comments2012-02-26T16:46:55.383-05:00Comments on Mental Blog: Truly a Proustian EffortLarry Keilerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17712568631874956243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post-5384575900396427002010-11-04T21:29:14.226-04:002010-11-04T21:29:14.226-04:00While there is life there is hope.
-------------...While there is life there is hope.<br /><br /><br />--------------<br />Tsukuba UniversityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post-88476405691894241912010-10-24T17:49:28.435-04:002010-10-24T17:49:28.435-04:00FYI, buyer beware, comment above is actually an ad...FYI, buyer beware, comment above is actually an ad for an essay writing service.<br /><br />Some people's kids....sheesh. I leave this one up because somebody actually used a name rather than good old "Anonymous" but I must say I'm getting annoyed with people (jerks) advertising surreptitiously on my blog. Thank the lord for Google's improved spam filter.Larry Keilerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17712568631874956243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post-37938813625962963112010-10-24T07:50:27.851-04:002010-10-24T07:50:27.851-04:00You may have not intended to do so, but I think yo...You may have not intended to do so, but I think you have managed to express the state of mind that a lot of people are in. The sense of wanting to help, but not knowing how or where, is something a lot of us are going through.<br /><a href="http://www.customessaymeister.com/?mode=search&counter=1&query=Brave+New+World&submit_search=Go!&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow">Brave New World Essay</a> | <a href="http://www.customessaymeister.com/?mode=search&counter=1&query=Candide&submit_search=Go!&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow">Candide Essay</a>Vikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15854007797029212968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post-21474863987671433682010-06-07T10:29:53.199-04:002010-06-07T10:29:53.199-04:00Cantueso, you clearly have more stamina than I. I ...Cantueso, you clearly have more stamina than I. I agree that more than one reading is required to really appreciate the novel. But at this point I don't have the courage to start Vol. 1 again, let alone the others. It will have to wait for a while.<br /><br />One thing that I meant to mention in the post, but forgot, was that there <i>are</i> some very perceptive observations and some sparkling prose scattered throughout. Proust makes some vivid descriptions and comparisons. I even laughed a few times at his cleverness. However, the mass of the work overwhelmed my ability to single them out consistently.Larry Keilerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17712568631874956243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282020.post-66517503993902405412010-06-07T03:56:18.380-04:002010-06-07T03:56:18.380-04:00That is really sad. You are worse off than I. I am...That is really sad. You are worse off than I. I am addicted to Proust. I read him whenever I wonder what next to read. I know large parts of his work so well that wherever I open any (except the last)of the volumes, I know exactly what comes next and can even quote a line or two: the lies of Odette; the stratagems of FranÇoise; Swann's delusions; Charlus; aunt Léonie.<br /><br />Maybe you should try to read only "Swann in Love" which is part of the first volume and is sort of a trial run of the whole thing.cantuesohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12173541768886884924noreply@blogger.com