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In all seriousness there’s my life before this book and my life after this book.
So shamelessly focused on interior, domestic and the mundane but written in the most extraordinary prose style which worships at the shrine of the beauty of words. One of the best opening pages of all time (gonna post on here later) and completely changed my outlook on my own writing.
Also trivia, Leduc was a real writers writer and championed by the greats of her day, Cocteau, Genet and de Beauvoir to name a few.
Nov 5, 2024
I'm ngl I've forgotten many parts of the story, I dozed off in others, and it was difficult to understand but I still really enjoyed the experience of reading Swann's Way. Now that we're in the middle of summer I'm remembering this book because that's the season where it takes place. I long for my summers to be as languid as I felt it was in the book, where I can just lounge around outside, take strolls, and be curious about strangers. Speaking of taking strolls, that part of the book where Marcel takes evening walks with his family felt startingly personal because I do the same every single dayyy. When I graduate I'm going to miss all these mundane routines with family and current life in general. Reading Swann's Way is comforting for me and I wish transported into that world. I'm definitely going to re-read it and I also have the other books to slowly get through. If anyone has any similar books to recommend please lmk!!
Aug 1, 2024
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By Zweig I read The World of Yesterday, which was a good way to get into the head of late 1800s/early 1900s Europe, though felt very skimmable at times (not into personal memoirs much). I just started Proust's third volume, The Guermantes Way, which I am really enjoying.
Mar 11, 2024
