Friday, September 28, 2007

Madame Proust

If you happen to be in the vicinity of Urbana-Champaign, drop in on the lecture about Proust's mother. I know I read somewhere that instead of his dear grandmother, he was really writing about his mother, and we all know from the opening chapter that he was a real mama's boy.

http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/07/0927proust.html

The University of Chicago exhibit at NEIBA has a copy of this book in their booth, which I am coveting greatly, since all things Proust are grist for the New England mill here.

1 comment:

Michael Leddy said...

Thanks for the heads up -- I'm within driving distance and, if all goes right, will furnish a detailed report.