Let me just start off by saying that that was not even remotely what I expected. This felt like a fever dream, I have reread sections and still don’t totally know what the point of some of that was. It felt like it was flitting back and forth between things, or going on tangents, and […]
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First off, not a fan. I found this to be a hard read. There was a lot of fluff in the first part, well in both parts, but I feel like it was worse in the first part. I read … Continue reading →
I honestly don’t know where to start. In my introductory blog I mentioned that I initially took this course to complete a requirement and that how I now see it as a way to get back into the habit of reading books. This is literally the best and worst book to start with. I’m being […]
So.., this was very confusing at first and very different than what i am used to reading. In the beginning the reading felt dense and really challenging to navigate. The sentences were long and they were kinda non-linear, alot of the times i just didn’t know where Proust was going with his thoughts especially when […]
Reading ‘Combray’ has left me confused but quite intrigued. I’ve only read up to the first part (page 48), and it took me a bit to figure out what was even going on. The narrator (whom I assume is Proust himself) keeps switching between past and present, and sometimes it’s hard to tell if he’s […]
First of all, I don’t think I’ve ever had to babysit a thought for more than a sentence, cause holy shit I think a sentence in Combray ran for a whole paragraph. I’ve never seen so many run-off sentences in one place without questioning if grammar was a suggestion at that point. HOWEVER, it lowkey […]
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…
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…
As I have expected (from having seen glimpses of the book here and there in my distant past), this is one of the most beautiful texts that I have encountered, and, with every line, I feel that keen jolt of … Continue reading →
Getting into the flow of this book was difficult. I struggled with understanding the metaphors that were being used to describe the quality of his sleep. However, as this scene proceeded, I found myself empathizing. The interrupted sleep, the nightmare that was his great-uncle pulling his curls, this was all relatable on some level –though […]
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