In Search of Lost Time (volume 1): on the Swann Side
by H
About This Novel
"In Search of Lost Time" is an epoch-making masterpiece and one of the most important novels in the world literary world in the 20th century. Together with "Ulysses", it is called the pinnacle of stream-of-consciousness novels. This novel uses a fresh and lively unique artistic style, and with the help of a subconscious mind that transcends time and space, the lost time is reappeared in his writing, and he expresses his endless nostalgia for his old friends and past events, as well as his irresistible melancholy. André Mauroa once said: "Proust's simple, individual and regional narratives arouse enthusiasm all over the world, which is both the most beautiful thing and the fairest phenomenon in the world. Just like a great philosopher summarizes all thoughts with one thought, a great novelist uses one person's life and some of the most ordinary things to make everyone's life emerge in his writing."
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Official(7)Scraped 4d ago
It's very stiff and rigid. Why is it different from the version I read before?
This is the third time I have read this book, and this time I have completely finished it. The author's long sentences are often difficult to understand in just one reading. Many passages need to be read several times before being roughly understood. I don't know if it has something to do with translation. The translator should pay great attention to the original flavor. However, In Search of Lost Time is a novel with depth and beautifully written. It is not comparable to ordinary novels. Thinking back to the fantasy novels by the Nobel Prize-winning author that I read last year, I can't help but feel queasy, maybe because I read them too intensively. And this book has a lasting aftertaste.
It's a masterpiece!
Drunk thoughts, years
It's just an introduction, so annoying
cool lala
This book is not bad. . . .
You can read more books!
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Community(0)
Official(7)Scraped 4d ago
It's very stiff and rigid. Why is it different from the version I read before?
This is the third time I have read this book, and this time I have completely finished it. The author's long sentences are often difficult to understand in just one reading. Many passages need to be read several times before being roughly understood. I don't know if it has something to do with translation. The translator should pay great attention to the original flavor. However, In Search of Lost Time is a novel with depth and beautifully written. It is not comparable to ordinary novels. Thinking back to the fantasy novels by the Nobel Prize-winning author that I read last year, I can't help but feel queasy, maybe because I read them too intensively. And this book has a lasting aftertaste.
It's a masterpiece!
Drunk thoughts, years
It's just an introduction, so annoying
cool lala
This book is not bad. . . .
You can read more books!
