New Proust book alert! M. Proust's Library by Anka Muhlstein, Other Press, 141 pages, $19.95
Joseph Epstein has a long, knowledgeable review of the book in the November 17-18 (2012) Wall Street Journal.
Epstein mentions, what many of us know, that "no one should read Marcel Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time' for the first time." This is a clever way of saying that the second reading is much more meaningful (you know the characters and the scope of the book) and are ready to get the deeper meaning of Proust, the humor, the art, music and yes, the books Proust mentions.
We would be cultured and well-educated if we read all the classics that Proust read. I do encourage you to find the review and better yet, to buy this book, as it looks like an excellent addition to anyone's Proust library.
I am still dipping into Proust from time to time, but other required reading and life, have conspired to slow this process down. The long winter, I tell myself, will be perfect for some Proust reading.
Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers. Off to get the turkey stuffed and into the oven.
Odette
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