Marcel Proust
Hardcover | Pages: 908 pages Rating: 4.54 | 185 Users | 6 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 1841598984 (ISBN13: 9781841598987) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | À la recherche du temps perdu #4-5 |
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Sodom and Gomorrah opens a new phase of In Search of Lost Time. While watching the pollination of the Duchess de Guermantes’s orchid, the narrator secretly observes a sexual encounter between two men. “Flower and plant have no conscious will,” Samuel Beckett wrote of Proust’s representation of sexuality. “They are shameless, exposing their genitals. And so in a sense are Proust’s men and women . . . shameless. There is no question of right and wrong.”Be Specific About Regarding Books In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 3: Sodom and Gomorrah & The Captive (À la recherche du temps perdu #4-5)
| Title | : | In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 3: Sodom and Gomorrah & The Captive (À la recherche du temps perdu #4-5) |
| Author | : | Marcel Proust |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 908 pages |
| Published | : | June 29th 2001 by Everyman's Library Classics (first published 1921) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Literature. Cultural. France. Novels |
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Ratings: 4.54 From 185 Users | 6 ReviewsAppraise Regarding Books In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 3: Sodom and Gomorrah & The Captive (À la recherche du temps perdu #4-5)
I wish he wrote essays instead of essays pretending to be novels.It's a risk when a physical book contains 2 actual books - in this case volume 4 and 5 of In Search of Lost Time. If you rate them differently what rating should you give the book. Well to start, to use an overused metaphor - reading In Search of Lost Time is more of a marathon than a sprint. And in volume 4, Sodom and Gomorrah I started to feel tired. It's not that there are not brilliant descriptions writing, but the ongoing party scenes bored me after a while. However, it is still writing of
And on and on and on and on and on it goes, utter tripe.
Revealing for the description and normalcy of sexuality at the turn of the last century. As ever, the psychology of his characters is at once elevating and deflating.
Sodome et Gomorrhe :+ : Le rêve de sa grand-mère morte (intro magnifique)Les considérations sur les difficultés et les tourments de la vie d'inverti, données comme "vu par un hétéro" : très poignantDes personnages réussis : Le portrait de Madame de Cambremer (la mère) Le personnage de Charlus en général. Très pittoresque et intéressant (scène avec Jupien au tout début, puis relation avec Morel, diverses extravagances - faux duel...)L'analyse de la nature du sentiment amoureux (pratiquement sans
One of the most rewarding reading experiences. Ever. I know of no other books that make me feel quite like these volumes by Proust. Incredible.
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