Has anyone read the whole six volumes of this novel? Often mentioned as the greatest novel of all time; an epic concerning love and loss, time and memory, the role of art to humans and the transience of life, set within the French aristocracy at the turn of the twentieth century. Not a Jackie Collins type read, but often cited as an example of the greatest of artistic achievements. I've bought the first two volumes, which are now on my 'to read' pile. Anyone completed this epic journey?
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Thread: Proust - In Search of Lost Time
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24-10-2017 01:48 PM #1
Proust - In Search of Lost Time
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29-10-2017 02:43 PM #4
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I'm meant to have. If that helps.
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19-12-2017 01:17 AM #5
I now have all six volumes and am ready to start to what is described as one of the great journeys in world literature. Being a huge lover of Tolstoy's work, I do enjoy an epic, and this is bloody epic
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19-12-2017 11:23 AM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
"A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters (each letter counts as one character. Spaces are also counted, as one character each)."
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My Struggle by Karl-Ove Knaussgaard on the other hand is far more accessible and contemporary. Its six volumes are much easier and I'd recommend the work. He's very much flavour of the year in world literary circles.
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