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Of the first six volumes of Proust's seven-part novel, Albertine disparue is the most depraved. One might have expected Sodome et Gomorrhe, given its Biblical associations, to have claim to this title, but no. Although Proust not once, to my knowledg
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"Finally, Venice. Two dozen strikingly beautiful, melancholy pages that Mark the visit. A marshaling of motifs from the earliest volumes, suggesting finality, a terminus; but where to, next? Unexpected and inconceivable marriages communicated in a city that symbolizes the unconscious, an incommunicable map. Desires persist, but loves are forgotten, all save one: that for Maman, and above that, grandmère." — Oct 02, 2014 08:46PM
"Finally, Venice. Two dozen strikingly beautiful, melancholy pages that Mark the visit. A marshaling of motifs from the earliest volumes, suggesting finality, a terminus; but where to, next? Unexpected and inconceivable marriages communicated in a city that symbolizes the unconscious, an incommunicable map. Desires persist, but loves are forgotten, all save one: that for Maman, and above that, grandmère." — Oct 02, 2014 08:46PM
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