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4344823 No.4344823[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

I never see this discussed here. I just finished Swann's way first book and I enjoyed it, should I really read the whole work? It's 4k pages, I got other books to read.

>> No.4344826

>>4344823
If you are serious about understanding the work, finish it. It's quite beautiful, and well worth it.

>> No.4344840

>>4344826
What exactly is there to understand?

>> No.4344848

Just read Deleuze's essay on Proust and signs if you're looking for a philosophical explanation of In Search of Lost Time.

>> No.4344993

>>4344823

I recently finished Swann's Way too, were you as mad as I was at the end of part 2 when Swann spends around 300 or so pages torturing himself over Odette then he just decides she isn't the girl for him? That rustled my jimmies a little but it was a good book, very wonderfully written and you can tell Proust put in a fuck tonne of effort into it.

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4345031

If you are going to start bitching after the first book you're going to have hard time getting through the whole thing.

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>> No.4345052

>>4344823
Most of /lit/ is really not ready for Proust.

>> No.4345052,1 [INTERNAL]  [DELETED] 

"54" By Wu Ming. Its quite hard to find, but totally worth it