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Reading this was not as easy as I thought it’d be, I felt as though I was fighting to get through sentences at some points. There are so many details in the writing I was becoming overloaded with information, so much so I’d often re-read and find myself dreaming of a cup of coffee or … read full post >>

HITHERTO, I had not a complicated novel in a single day. read full post >>

Before I begin this post, I want to preface that I enrolled in this class late and read up to the end of the first chapter (like the syllabus suggested). As a result, the thoughts I will be sharing are preliminary (until I finish the entire work by the Wednesday discussion). Upon reading, a number […] read full post >>

Reading Combray felt less like reading a traditional story and more like slipping into someone else’s consciousness. What struck me most is how little actually “happens” on the surface, and yet how emotionally dense the book feels. Proust lingers on moments that most novels would rush past such as falling asleep, waking up confused, or […] read full post >>

Hi all! To be honest, reading Proust, I definitely got lost sometimes due so I’d re-read the sentences quite often. Again, that might be just because I haven’t read something like this in a while. One thing that stood out to me is the way the narrator describes the character’s fascination with the architecture and […] read full post >>

Memory, sensation, and reconstruction as an art read full post >>

My name is Marianah, but when it comes to last names, I never really know what to say. I come from a deeply multicultural family: a German grandfather, an Italian grandmother, a Colombian mother, and a Canadian father, so you can imagine how peculiar my family reunions are. This mix of cultures and histories that […] read full post >>

It was a bit difficult for me to get into the groove of this book at first. It felt sort of personal reading this. I know we were reading from the narrator's point of view, but I felt like I was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be. Ma... read full post >>

It was a bit difficult for me to get into the groove of this book at first. It felt sort of personal reading this. I know we were reading from the narrator's point of view, but I felt like I was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be. Ma... read full post >>

WOW this text was hard to read. I found myself getting lost and having to re-read sections an embarrassing amount of times. As I mentioned in my introduction, I don’t pick up books written before the 1980s so staying attentive the whole time and trying to navigate Proust’s long, winding sentences within this book was […] read full post >>