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• Best European Fiction 2010: My Series

  
  Fire In The Bones — Authority: 112
  I believe in conversations. And the conversations I always learn the most from are those I have with people who are not too much like me. They may not blow me away (I’m afraid I’m sort of granite-like), they may not change my world (I rather like my world), and I might enjoy them more for me than for them ...
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  The Frugal Chariot — Authority: 126
  Poem in OctoberThis poem by Dylan Thomas is one of my favorites among the many wonderful poems by this amazing poet. While it is already December it is never too late or early to share this poem.I was reminded of it earlier today while attending a lecture entitled "Proust and Weather" by Joel Rich, an Instructor in ...
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• Within a Budding Grove: Madame Swann at Home: Robert Langdon

  
  Puss Reboots: A Book Review a Day — Authority: 133
  Within a Budding Grove: Madame Swann at Home: Robert Langdon: 12/04/09 Last week I took a break from reading Within a Budding Grove but my reading then oddly parallels the thirty pages I read this week. When I wasnt reading Within a Budding Grove I was either writing my nanowrimo ( which I finished ) or ...
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• Alain Proust drives Dacia Duster on ice

  
  eurocarblog — Authority: 436
  This video shows French Formula One driver at the wheel of the new Dacia Duster crossover , rally driving the new car for its market debut. The Dacia Duster in the video has been designed for driving on ice and there’s plenty of sliding and drifting for the rev heads among you. The Dacia Duster is a low cost ...
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• Review: Swanns Way

  
  Puss Reboots: A Book Review a Day — Authority: 133
  When I finished my weekly posts of my reading of Ulysses I asked on Twitter which book I should do next. The answer was a resounding In Search of Lost Times by  Marcel Proust. It seemed to me like the perfect choice. It took me 19 weeks to finish the first volume, Swanns Way . In Search of Lost Times is ...
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• In the Weeds, with Matthew Gallaway: In Search of Lost Roses

  
  The Awl — Authority: 777
  As Stephen and I pulled into the parking lot of our favorite nursery on a recent Saturday afternoon—we were here to buy mulch—I felt a stab of regret that it was not the ‘Month of Mary,’ followed by a second stab of regret that we were not walking through the countryside of France (followed by a third that it ...
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• Some Notable Twitterers (Tweeters?)

  
  College English — Authority: 127
  I’m sure everyone knows that Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry tweet. Neil Gaiman’s blog is more interesting, but I enjoy Stephen Fry a lot. And Mrs Stephen Fry possibly even more! But there are other fun and interesting literary tweets that you can find and follow. One of my favourites is @proustr , which posts ...
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• Paris Breaks in the 20th Arrondissement

  
  Paris Breaks — Authority: 92
  Paris Breaks to the 20th Arrondissement Ok, the idea of going on Paris breaks in order to hang out entirely in the 20th is only semi-serious, it would be a bit like visiting London in order to spend all your time in Leytonstone or Newham, but that’s not quite as mad as it sounds. You’d be surprised at the number ...
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• Marcel Prousts obituary

  
  A Piece of Monologue: The Online Journal of Rhys Tranter — Authority: 131
  As part of their From the archive series, The Guardian newspaper has re-published their report of the death of French writer Marcel Proust. A fascinating glimpse into the reputation Proust had created in 1920s Europe: Originally published on 20 November 1922 (From our Correspondent.) PARIS, SUNDAY. Marcel ...
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• From the archive: Marcel Proust: Death of well-known French novelist

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Originally published on 20 November 1922 (From our Correspondent.) PARIS, SUNDAY. Marcel Proust, foremost of "young novelists" of France, died yesterday. He was fifty years old and had been in poor health from childhood. It is probable that he was as well known abroad, especially in Holland and England, where ...
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• A new thing that I love...

  
  Sixbucksadonkey — Authority: 92
  LOLerature! Something else I discovered that I adore: The Ice Storm Original Sound Track. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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• Proust Was Right

  
  MissTheda.com — Authority: 149
  We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it was intolerable becomes unimportant. We have not managed to surmount the obstacle, as we were absolutely determined to do, but life has taken us round it, led us past it, ...
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  The Frugal Chariot — Authority: 126
  In Search of Lost TimeSodom and Gomorrah, the Final ChapterI absolutely must -- and lets settle the matter at once, because Im quite clear about it now, because I wont change my mind again, because I couldnt live without it -- I absolutely must marry Albertine. (p. 724)With these words of the narrator Marcel Proust ...
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• Now Unloading | Yves Saint Laurents Country Estate

  
  The Moment — Authority: 706
  The contents Yves Saint Laurents country estate are up for auction in a four-day sale that begins today.
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  The Frugal Chariot — Authority: 126
  Lenfance du Christ The last section of Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust (In Search of Lost Time Part IV) has a passing reference to Lenfance du Christ (English: The Childhood of Christ). This is the Opus 25, an oratorio (choral work) by Hector Berlioz, based on the story of the Holy Familys flight into Egypt. ...
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• New Eyes

  
  "minutiae" by Nathan Abels — Authority: 426
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• The Los Angeles Times Live: ‘Parades and Changes, Replays’ at REDCAT in Disney Hall

  
  Dance Theater Workshop — Authority: 134
  “Next, the six-member cast completely disrobes, dresses again and strips again, moving from spatial and emotional isolation to interpersonal relationships: a pattern that will recur as the activities change. Here, everyday actions are mined for an array of specific intentions, and we begin to wonder about the ...
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• "No one can describe a taste" - Why?

  
  xpostfactoid — Authority: 496
  Via Andrew Sullivan , Jonah Lehrer channels Proust to explore why smells (and tastes) are so emotionally laden: Why is smell so sentimental? One possibility, which is supported by this recent experiment, is that the olfactory cortex has a direct neural link to the hippocampus. In contrast, all of our other senses ...
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  The Frugal Chariot — Authority: 126
  Proust and MusicAll art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.” - Walter H. PaterLast night I attended a lecture at The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Vinteuil Sonata: Where Music and Literature Collide", given by John Adams. John Adams is particularly qualified to lecture on this subject as he is one ...
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• Within a Budding Grove: Madame Swann at Home: Nanowrimo

  
  Puss Reboots: A Book Review a Day — Authority: 133
  Here I am nearly halfway through this years Nanowrimo and Ive cracked open the second volume of In Search of Lost Time , Within a Budding Grove ( A lombre des jeunes filles en fleurs ) and I am laughing at the way the two big projects in my life come together. Marcel (the protagonist) is back to narrate the ...
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