In Search of Lost Time Book Club
Who?
- You and anyone you’d like to invite!
What?
- A casual discussion of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
- “A novel in seven volumes by French author Marcel Proust,” it “follows the narrator’s recollections of childhood and experiences into adulthood in the late 19th-century and early 20th-century high-society France, while reflecting on the loss of time and lack of meaning in the world.” – Wikipedia
- We will start with Volume 1, Swann’s Way
When?
- (Tentative) Volume 1 Meeting 1, covering Overture + Combray: 7:30pm PST on Sunday August 28th
- (Tentative) Volume 1 Meeting 2, covering remainder of Volume 1: 7:30pm PST on Sunday September 10th
Where?
- On Zoom! Link: TBD
- In person! At Sruthi & Keyhan’s place on Dolores (thematically appropriate refreshments, i.e. madeleines and tea, will be served)
Why?
- This person on TikTok made a good case for it
- It’s gay!
- The clout of reading something like Infinite Jest or A Little Life but the author is less cancelled
- It’s referenced in A Tale for the Time Being, 1Q84, and Gilmore Girls
- Endorsed by Vladimir Nabokov and Virgina Woolf
How?
- We will use the C. K. Scott Moncrieff translation (but feel free to read it in the original French, or translated to another language)
- You can get the book to read online, for Kindle, or as an EPUB from Project Gutenberg
