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One summer in high school I decided to read In Search of Lost Time before school started up again. I only made my way through Swann's Way (the first of seven b
by chimeracoder 12y ago
One summer in high school I decided to read In Search of Lost Time before school started up again.
I only made my way through Swann's Way (the first of seven books in the series), but I'm so glad I did. I think it was probably the toughest piece of literature I'd ever read, but one of the most rewarding by far.
- gglitch 12y agoI know exactly what you mean. The Combray part was hard to dig into, but full of enough psychological insight to make me want to continue. Then the long, brutal debasement of Swann, such an inspiring character, was intensely painful, sometimes enough to make me squirm in my seat, but with a conclusion so unexpected, peculiar, and profound, I was hooked.