Narrative art, the novel,
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. Eugenio Montale
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Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. Eugenio Montale
Proust has pointed out that the predisposition to love creates its own objects; is this not also true of fear? Elizabeth Bowen
In the last volume of In Search of Lost Time, Proust compares himself to Scheherazade: he says he has finally understood the nature of the book he has to write, just at the moment when his advancing years and declining health have made him doubt that he’s going to live long enough to write it. … Read more
Proust is a hero of mine. I read ‘A la recherche’ in one go, and I’m a very slow reader. It had an astonishing impact, reading it on my own and being my main company. I think Proust is the most intelligent person to ever have written a novel. Edward St Aubyn
Proust again: One can only wish that a man with such powers of total recall had led a less tedious life, moved among somewhat livelier circles. Edward Abbey
Ideally I’d like to spend two evenings a week talking to Proust and another conversing with the Holy Ghost. Edna O’Brien
After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent. Francoise Sagan
I’ve read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place. Francoise Sagan
I read Remembrance of Things Past in the original French. I never start the day without reading me some [Marcel] Proust. Dave Barry
I have depth. I’ve read Proust. No, wait, that was Pooh. Winnie the Pooh. My bad Charley Davidson. Darynda Jones