Marcel Proust, “Combray”
A conversation with Farid Laroussi
Questions on “Combray”
Constance Debré, Love Me Tender
By far the shortest and most uncomfortable read at this point in the semester, The Lover by Marguerite Duras is a novel about the clandestine relationship between a 27-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl. The prose in this book is beautifully written, as an autobiography with Duras recalling her time in Saigon. She captures the […]
Despite this book’s uncomfortable age gap relationship, I really enjoyed reading it. The way Duras writes “The Lover” hooked me the entire time. Her descriptions of the environment, like Saigon, to each complex and rich character, I felt so immersed in this novel. My heart was in this one! I really loved the first sentence […]
A conversation with Fernanda Negrete
Questions on The Lover
Questions on W, or the Memory of Childhood
Georges Perec, W, or the Memory of Childhood
