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I hope others will read it before ISOLT! I think it's a great book to read first as it l..."
indeed; i'm tempted to just link to both your reviews instead of writing my own. (i just have to figure out what to say).
if anyone is hesitating, it's really short! and it's super engaging. you won't want to put it down. normally i would have read this on a saturday morning, but i opted to read it as a commute book, and it was also perfect for that (it just took me a few days to read that way).

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When we read ISOLT next year, i'll be thinking about what Marthe was missing out on. ;)

And there's something so moving about thinking of Proust wrapped in that black overcoat, sitting in his bed, writing ISOLT longhand.


YES! in fact, i'm loving my entire arrangement of Proust books, only some of which i own. for the time being. i will likely own the rest...i will single-handedly save the economy! (actually, this all means the christmas list will have something on it this year)
anyway, i really thought it was one of those perfect little books...it was short, but not too short. and if it had been longer, the author would have been in danger of over-doing some things, i think. i appreciated how she didn't go too far into all of Marthe's hang-ups, for example.

i don't know very much about proust's life and i'm trying to change that before i read ISOLT. i didn't realize how much was almost lost after he died. guerin's dedication to collecting and saving proust's legacy and work is touching. i wonder how different ISOLT would be without his dedication?