A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu Tome IV : Sodome et Gomorrhe Volumes 1-2 (Paperback)

from viscount

I finished Volume 4 of Proust a few days ago (Moncrieff-Kilmartin-Enright translation, Modern Library edition), and thought I'd put a few thoughts down in a review. This is my first review of any Proust volume. It feels somewhat awkward to be reviewing one volume, since it's really just one chunk...

from DieFledermaus

No surprise that this volume, like the preceding ones, is a wonderfully written novel encompassing love, society, death, sleep, memory and time. Proust has razor-sharp observations of a number of subjects and what he says he says more eloquently than most other people. Picking up right where The ...

from Pauntley

What follows are some remarks about the John Sturrock translation of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Penguin edition rather than a review of the book. There is also a puzzling question concerning the colour of the Baron de Charlus's hair, briefly discussed in conclusion. Even in their Kindle version th...

from jorgearanda

Another shift of focus---to homosexuality, this time. The narrator's perspective of his acquaintances and friends is transformed by the discovery of homosexuals around him. In the case of men, this gives him an opportunity to explore the layers of interaction in society, and in the case of women,...

from stillatim

In which our protagonist learns that almost everyone, other than him, is gay. Like the Guermantes' Way, this is a comedy of manners combined with some amazing essays and penetrating psychology. There's not much to say about this volume that one couldn't say about GW, except for the homosexuality,...