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First published April 28, 1998

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Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton is a writer and television producer who lives in London and aims to make philosophy relevant to everyday life. He can be contacted by email directly via

He is a writer of essayistic books, which refer both to his own experiences and ideas- and those of artists, philosophers and thinkers. It's a style of writing that has been termed a 'philosophy of everyday life.'

His first book, Essays in Love [titled On Love in the US], minutely analysed the process of falling in and out of love. The style of the book was unusual, because it mixed elements of a novel together with reflections and analyses normally found in a piece of non-fiction. It's a book of which many readers are still fondest.

Bibliography:
* Essays In Love (1993)
* The Romantic Movement (1994)
* Kiss and Tell (1995)
* How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997)
* The Consolations of Philosophy (2000)
* The Art of Travel (2002)
* Status Anxiety (2004)
* The Architecture of Happiness (2006)
* The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (2009)

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October 16, 2023
Words Are Your Homeland

One of the most important deficiencies in the philosophy of science (and business, which prides itself as a practical science) is the idea of efficiency of inquiry in scientific method - how to get an answer to a question at hand with the least possible effort. Efficiency is predicated on the idea that it is possible to pare down the world to some essential core - somewhat like finding the right principle in law - such that the matter seems to resolve itself through compelling factual evidence.

Efficiency of inquiry is a false friend however. One is reminded, for example, that over the last few decades things like eggs, meat, and dairy products have been classified as healthy, dangerously unhealthy and definitively life-invigorating by successive scientific studies. Or consider the pharmaceutical industry which makes a living by conducting efficient inquiry under government supervision for whole classes of drugs from amphetamines to minor tranquilizers, to opioids. Each of these has been shown to be dangerously biased and incomplete by yet more efficient inquiry. Efficiency, it would seem, is not all it鈥檚 cracked up to be.

The problem of course is that the efficiency of inquiry - or of economic production, or of medical treatment or, for that matter, of reading - is crucially dependent upon the definition one uses for what constitutes a successful result. What constitutes a relevant fact is determined by what success means in human terms. Eating red meat, for example, may be correlated with an increased incidence of heart disease. So the dietary advice is 鈥榚at less red meat鈥�. On the other hand, red meat may improve, say, liver function. So the contradictory advice to 鈥榚at more meat鈥� is appropriate. Or as obvious with a drug like the Sackler family鈥檚 OxyContin, it is very efficient in relieving chronic pain; it is however even more efficient in creating mass opioid dependency.

It should be obvious therefore that the issue of which criterion to choose as a measure of success, of value, is logically and practically prior to any issue of efficiency. This implies an inescapable paradox: if inquiry about the correct criterion of 鈥榞ood鈥� action is subject to the demands of efficiency, the inquiry will fail. Without an enormous amount of apparently senseless chat about 鈥榳hy鈥� it is simply not possible to give an efficient answer about 鈥榟ow鈥�. This applies to all aspects of human life: scientific, commercial, personal and moral. There is no way to discover or articulate what philosophers call the Good, without seemingly pointless, and endless, discourse with oneself as well as others.

This I think is the central thesis of de Botton鈥檚 little book: method is rational; value is political. The discussion and choice of method is necessarily a matter of politics, that is of resolving the conflict about what is important. This is simultaneously obvious and unpalatable. In brief (and therefore with entirely inappropriate efficiency): Wasting time in political argument is a necessary condition for saving time, as well as one鈥檚 life. Cutting short the argument compromises the result of inquiry. De Botton is much more elegant: 鈥淭he more an account is compressed, the more it seems that it deserves no more space than it has been allocated.鈥� Efficiency of expression, that is, can trivialize what is expressed - joy, sorrow, death, deprivation and, most important, life. One only need observe the quality of feelings expressed on Twitter for example to appreciate the depth of the problem.

De Botton presents this problem as profoundly present and fundamental for human existence and marvels 鈥渉ow vulnerable much of human experience is to abbreviation.鈥� When we abbreviate the experience of others - either through 鈥榮cientific鈥� inquiry or merely the way we read the newspaper - we condition ourselves to abbreviating our own experience as well as everyone else鈥檚. The Twittersphere, as it were, is a consequence not a cause of inadequate appreciation of what might constitute the Good, and therefore the criteria of right action - that is to say, ethics.

So de Botton is keen that we recognize the therapeutic value not only of Proust鈥檚 technically rather inefficient memoir, In Search of Lost Time, but also of Proust鈥檚 life itself, which he devoted to finding as many words possible that might help others to appreciate their own experiences: 鈥淔ar from a memoir tracing the passage of a more lyrical age, it was a practical, universally applicable story about how to stop wasting time and start to appreciate life.鈥� It takes a long period of concentrated effort to discover a vocabulary for describing one鈥檚 experience of something like wine. Inexplicably, the vocabulary comes before the experience. Appreciation of life also leads with the words necessary to describe its experiences. Many more words and much more time is required to collect the words for living - one鈥檚 internal politics - than for wine-tasting. De Botton suggests a Proustian slogan for increasing one鈥檚 life鈥檚 vocabulary. In its linguistic brevity it is apt but rather un-Proustian: 鈥�n鈥檃llez pas trop vite.鈥� Don鈥檛 rush it!
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May 20, 2015
At the risk of horrifying Proust aficionados I must admit that I did not read this book as a precursor to reading Proust, or even as a pleasurable supplement to his writings, but rather I read it instead of reading Proust. I have tried Proust in the past and I have failed.

Well, this book has come to my rescue, and I loved it. Not only did Alain de Botten explore and celebrate Proust's foibles and philosophies as a writer - he also gave us a fascinating picture of the man. We warm to Proust, we are charmed by him, and we are intrigued. I think this book has done Proust a great service - making him accessible to those of us who are otherwise barred from his writings. And it is not only a book for blockheads like me. It has been much admired by writers and journalists across the spectrum - so I think it's a book to be enjoyed by everyone.

Herewith a horribly condensed list of some of Proust's ideas (I don't know how I have the nerve to do this!)

I got a lot of pleasure from this book, and Proust has become a much stronger figure for me - which is exactly what I wanted. One gets a very rounded picture of the man. I thought it was a great read.


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July 10, 2008
My wife and I fell in love reading this book together (way back in September/October 2002). I don't know what anyone else will think of this book, but I'll never enjoy reading a book more. B and I left a note on Proust's grave when we visited Paris on our honeymoon. He is the (gay) patron saint of our marital union. Here's my best advice: read this book with a loved one.
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倬乇賵爻鬲 亘丿賵賳 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 亘賴 禺賵丿蹖 禺賵丿 亘蹖 丕賳丿丕夭賴 丌賲賵夭賳丿賴 賴爻鬲貙 丕賲丕 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 (賵 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 賲卮丕亘賴) 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖 卮賴 丌丿賲 鬲賵噩賴卮 亘賴 賳讴丕鬲 賵 賲囟賲賵賳 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 倬乇賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賴 賲胤乇丨 賲蹖 讴賳賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 噩賱亘 亘卮賴. 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 倬乇賵爻鬲 氐丨亘鬲 賲蹖 讴賳賴 賵 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲 禺蹖賱蹖 噩丕賱亘蹖 賲蹖 丿賴貙 賵 賴賲 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 賳馗乇丕鬲 倬乇賵爻鬲. 倬乇賵爻鬲 賮賯胤 蹖賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳诏賵 賳蹖爻鬲. 毓賱丕賵賴 亘乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳诏賵蹖蹖 (賵 丿乇 囟賲賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳诏賵蹖蹖) 爻毓蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賴 丿蹖丿 噩丿蹖丿蹖 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 亘賴 乇賵蹖 丌丿賲 亘丕夭 讴賳賴貙 賵 賳賵毓 賳诏丕賴 讴乇丿賳 丌丿賲 乇賵 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 亘丿賴. 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵賲丿賴 賵 丕蹖賳 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 倬乇賵爻鬲 乇賵 丕夭 乇賲丕賳 丿乇丌賵乇丿賴 賵 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 賲爻鬲賯賱 亘丕 賲孬丕賱 賴丕蹖 噩匕丕亘 賮乇丕賵丕賳 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿賴.

丨鬲蹖 丕诏賴 賯氐丿 禺賵賳丿賳 "丿乇 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖" 乇賵 賴賲 賳丿丕乇蹖丿貙 亘丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖 讴賳賲. 丕蹖賳 蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 賲爻鬲賯賱賴貙 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賮賴賲蹖丿賳 賵 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賳 賵 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴乇丿賳 丕夭卮貙 賳蹖丕夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 讴鬲丕亘 "丿乇 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖" 乇賵 禺賵賳丿賴 亘丕卮蹖丿 蹖丕 賯氐丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮蹖丿 亘禺賵賳蹖丿.
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How Proust Can Change Your Life, Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton, is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life.

In this book Alain de Botton combines two unlikely genres--literary biography and self-help manual--in the hilarious and unexpectedly practical How Proust Can Change Your Life.

Who would have thought that Marcel Proust, one of the most important writers of our century, could provide us with such a rich source of insight into how best to live life?

Proust understood that the essence and value of life was the sum of its everyday parts.

As relevant today as they were at the turn of the century, Proust's life and work are transformed here into a no-nonsense guide to, among other things, enjoying your vacation, reviving a relationship, achieving original and unclich茅d articulation, being a good host, recognizing love, and understanding why you should never sleep with someone on a first date.

It took de Botton to find the inspirational in Proust's essays, letters and fiction and, perhaps even more surprising, to draw out a vivid and clarifying portrait of the master from between the lines of his work.

Here is Proust as we have never seen or read him before: witty, intelligent, pragmatic.

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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 15/09/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
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November 27, 2022
To live better, do we need proustotherapy? This book suggests that it does, and he is right, although reading it was unnecessary to convince me of this fact. So what is it that feels good about Proust? First, De Botton notes the Research's length: you must take your time to read even a single sentence from Proust, and God knows if what we miss most today is time out, freeze frame, and reflection. We run, we run, and we resort without ever knowing either after whom or after what. Proust takes dozens of pages to say nothing between sleeping and waking up; he dwells on all the changing expressions on Albertine's face. He scrutinizes the least of his emotions; in short (and there is no less Proustian than this "brief"), he takes the time to live and think. Besides, it does not live any better, sealed off as is between his bed and book, but lives more intensely, more truly than the one who touches the world. He lives by inhaling the essence of every moment. Of course, De Botton lingers (as Proust would have done with much more penetration) on details; he is tired of the too much biography character of his remarks; he only repeats banalities on the work of a genius. Still, his book has one merit: it makes you want to continue rereading Proust and continue to waste time in it that we inevitably find.
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July 4, 2015
倬乇賵爻鬲 亘丕 丕賵賳 賴賮鬲 噩賱丿 讴鬲丕亘 賲卮賴賵乇卮 賱丕丕賯賱 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 讴賱蹖 丕爻乇丕乇 丌賲蹖夭 賵 丿爻鬲 賳蹖丕賮鬲賳蹖 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖丕丿. 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賴賲蹖賳賴 讴賴 鬲賵 讴鬲丕亘賮乇賵卮蹖 賲賲讴賳賴 亘丕 禺賵丿鬲賵賳 亘诏蹖賳 丿乇爻鬲賴 "丿乇 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖 夭賲丕賳 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賴" 乇賵 丨丕賱丕 丨丕賱丕賴丕 賳賲蹖 鬲賵賳賲 亘禺賵賳賲 賵賱蹖 "倬乇賵爻鬲 趩诏賵賳賴 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 卮賲丕 乇丕 丿诏乇诏賵賳 讴賳丿" 乇賵 讴賴 賲蹖卮賴 禺賵賳丿

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讴鬲丕亘 鬲乇噩賲賴 蹖 卮蹖乇蹖賳蹖 賴賲 丿丕乇賴 賵 禺賵賳丿賳卮 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖卮賴
亘丕 讴賱蹖 匕賵賯 賵 卮賵賯 倬蹖卮 亘賴 爻賵蹖 亘賯蹖賴 丌孬丕乇 丌賯丕蹖 丿賵亘丕鬲賳 毓夭蹖夭
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Author听6 books1,962 followers
April 19, 2021
脦n bine, desigur :)

葮tia葲i c膬 Proust se temea de 葯oareci? Ei bine, se temea. 葮tia葲i c膬 Proust prefera chilo葲ii str卯n葯i pe burt膬? Ei bine, prefera cu 卯nc膬p膬葲卯nare acest articol de vestimenta葲ie intim膬, 卯n deosebire de regina Victoria care 卯i voia mai l膬rgu葲i. 葮tia葲i c膬 Proust d膬dea chelnerilor bac葯i葯uri exagerate? Ei bine, d膬dea.

葮tia葲i c膬 Proust 葯i Joyce s-au 卯nt卯lnit prin 1922 - la Ritz 卯n Place Vend么me - pentru o cin膬? Ei bine, s-au 卯nt卯lnit. S-a p膬strat, din p膬cate, doar m膬rturia lui Joyce. Proust l-a 卯ntrebat pe irlandez dac膬 a auzit de cutare conte sau duce (Proust era cam snob). Joyce a spus firesc 鈥瀗u鈥�. Amfitrionul l-a interogat pe Proust dac膬 a citit 鈥濽lysses鈥� cu creionul 卯n m卯n膬. Proust a spus 鈥瀗u鈥� 卯n chipul cel mai firesc cu putin葲膬. Cam astea au fost dintotdeauna rela葲iile dintre scriitori: nu se citesc 卯ntre ei, nu se prea 卯nghit, dar se invidiaz膬 tenace. 葮tia葲i c膬 Proust suferea de astm? Cine nu 葯tie asta...

Concluzia lui Alain de Botton este aceea c膬 Proust a fost un suferind eficient. Dac膬 ar fi num膬rat cuvintele din 鈥灻巒 c膬utarea timpului pierdut鈥� (toate cele 葯apte volume), n-ar fi avut nevoie de nici un silogism cu privirea la via葲a sa. Romanul are un milion cinci sute de mii de cuvinte 葯i asta dovede葯te o miraculoas膬 eficien葲膬 din partea unui bolnav.

葮i 卯nc膬 una, de final. 葮tia葲i c膬 Proust a avut telefon? Ei bine, a avut. 脦l folosea cu pl膬cere 葯i comanda 卯nghe葲at膬. S膬 nu uit, r膬spundea la nr.29205. Suna葲i-l negre葯it, s-ar putea s膬 aib膬 chef de vorb膬 :)
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676 reviews1,058 followers
November 22, 2016
With the gentlest possible mockery, de Botton makes a compelling case for celebrating and learning from an unlikely teacher: Marcel Proust. Here is some of his advice

Live passionately because we might die any time

Look for the familiar in art; be sensitised by it and improve your ability to notice and describe, and thus be at home everywhere; expand understanding of people's emotional depths

Learn from suffering, relish the insight it offers, use it to grow

Be honest about your feelings and attempt to describe them authentically, striving for an original language that reflects the multidimensional and unique nature of them. Thus enlarge you notion of normality and thus expand. Break with cliche, strive to experience the world authentically

Approach the news humanly, look beyond compression of stories. Take time and do justice

Insincerity to friends is to some extent necessary, because there is a gap between the negative thoughts we can endure having and those our friends can endure hearing

Say the unsayable in unsent letters... or novels!

Conversations should be selfless and interested in others; it is haphazard, fleeting and ultimately superficial, so our own selves are better explored in other media

Art helps us to find beauty; it sensitises us; this is why images close to our lives help us to appreciate the world anew.

In Shikasta Doris Lessing's extraterrestrial protagonist describes Proust as a great sociologist and anthropologist, which chimes with de Botton's view. The pressure is on me to actually read Proust, but I just can't bear it, I can't let go of my desperation for writing to go somewhere, with some pace, or at least mesmerise me with eloquence, like Woolf's 'The Waves'.
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178 reviews294 followers
August 19, 2024
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鬲乇讴蹖亘蹖 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 倬乇賵爻鬲 賵 丕胤乇丕賮蹖丕賳卮貙 賳诏乇卮 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 賴賲鈥屫堌辟団€屫簇� 賳賮乇鬲鈥屬矩必и┵嗏€屬囏� 賵 賲賳鬲賯丿蹖賳蹖 讴賴 丿爻鬲 賳賵丕夭卮 亘乇 丌孬丕乇卮 讴卮蹖丿賳貙 噩賴丕賳鈥屫ㄛ屬嗃� 賲賳丨氐乇亘賴鈥屬佖必� 亘賴 倬蹖乇丕賲賵賳貙 亘賴 賮賳丕 乇賮鬲賳鈥屬囏й� 丿丕賲賳鈥屭屫必� 賲鬲賳丕賯囟 亘賵丿賳 亘夭乇诏賵丕乇 (讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳鈥屫必� 讴乇丿賴)貙 乇賵蹖 賲賴乇亘賵賳 賵 爻诏蹖卮貙 丕毓氐丕亘鈥屫必屸€屬囏� 賵 丿賱诏乇賲蹖鈥屫囐嗀団€屬囏ж簇� 丨爻乇鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 丌乇夭賵賴丕蹖 亘乇 亘丕丿 乇賮鬲賴鈥屫簇� 丕賵賱賵蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 爻亘讴 夭蹖爻鬲賳卮貙 賲毓丕卮乇鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 乇賮丕賯鬲鈥屬囏ж� 毓卮賯 亘賴 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賵 賳賵卮鬲賳卮 賵 丕蹖賳 賱蹖爻鬲 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕乇賴.
丌賱賳 亘丕 卮蹖乇蹖賳蹖 賵 爻丕丿诏蹖貙 賴賲賴鈥屰� 丕蹖賳鈥屬囏� 乇賵 讴賳丕乇 賴賲 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 賵 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴 趩賴 亘乇 爻乇 倬乇賵爻鬲 诏匕卮鬲. 賲蹖賵賳 丨乇賮丕卮貙 噩丕賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 "丿乇 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖 夭賲丕賳 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賴" 賴賲 賱賵 賲蹖丿賴 讴賴 丕诏賴 丨爻丕爻蹖賳貙 丕賵賳 賯爻賲鬲鈥屬囏� 乇賵 乇丿 讴賳蹖賳. 丨鬲蹖 丨乇氐卮 賴賲 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賳 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賴. 亘賴 賵蹖跇賴 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 噩爻賲丕賳蹖 丿丕乇賴 賲丕乇爻賱 賵 亘乇丕丿乇卮 乇賵 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 亘乇丕丿乇 乇賵 诏丕賵 賳乇 禺胤丕亘 賲蹖讴賳賴. 蹖丕 夭賲丕賳蹖 賴賲 禺賵丿 倬乇賵爻鬲 乇賵 夭蹖乇 爻賵丕賱 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟� 賵 賲蹖诏賴 丕诏賴 亘賴 鬲賲丕乇囟 亘賴 诏賮鬲賴鈥屰� 毓丿賴鈥屫й� 賲蹖鈥屫藏� 趩賯丿乇 丕蹖賳 丨乇賮 賲賲讴賳 亘賵丿 氐丨鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴.
丕夭 倬乇賵爻鬲 亘鬲蹖 賳賲蹖爻丕夭賴 讴賴 爻乇丕爻乇 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 賵 卮讴賵賴賴. 賳丕賲賱丕蹖賲丕鬲貙 卮讴爻鬲鈥屬囏ж� 賳乇爻蹖丿賳鈥屬囏ж� 丿賵乇賳诏蹖 賵 鬲賮丕賵鬲 馗丕賴乇 賵 亘丕胤賳卮 乇賵 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賴. 丕诏賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲賳氐賮 賳亘丕卮賴貙 賲蹖鈥屭┵堌ㄙ� 賵賱蹖 丕诏賴 賵噩賴 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 乇賵 賱丨丕馗 讴賳賴 亘賴 禺賵亘蹖 賲蹖丿賵賳賴 讴賴 丌丿賲蹖 亘蹖鈥屬嗁傌� 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 丕蹖賳 卮丕賲賱 亘乇噩爻鬲賴鈥屫臂屬� 賵 亘夭乇诏丕賳 賴乇 夭賲蹖賳賴鈥屫й� 賴賲 賲蹖卮賴. 賲孬賱丕 丕夭 賲賱丕賯丕鬲 賲爻禺乇賴鈥屰� 倬乇賵爻鬲 賵 噩賵蹖爻 賲蹖诏賴 讴賴 趩賯丿乇 亘丿 倬蹖卮 亘乇丿賳 賵 丿蹖丕賱賵诏鈥屬囏� 亘賴 賳賴 禺鬲賲 賲蹖卮丿. 亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴乇 丿賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й屰� 乇賵 禺賱賯 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳 讴賴 賲孬賱 亘賱亘賱 丨乇賮 賲蹖夭丿賳. 丕賲丕 鬲賮丕賵鬲 禺丕賱賯 賵 賲禺賱賵賯 賴賲蹖卮賴 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴 賵 賯乇丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲 鬲賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵夭賲乇賴 賴賲 氐乇賮丕 丿蹖丿賴 卮賴.

丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕賲 禺蹖賱蹖 毓夭蹖夭 亘賵丿 趩賵賳 鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 亘賴鬲乇 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屰� 賲丨亘賵亘賲 乇賵 亘卮賳丕爻賲. 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 賳诏丕賴 讴賳賲 賵 丕乇夭卮 讴丕乇卮 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘丿賵賳賲. 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕卮讴 乇蹖禺鬲賲. 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賯丕胤蹖 讴乇丿賳鈥屬囏й� 倬乇賵爻鬲 賱亘禺賳丿 夭丿賲. 诏乇賲丕蹖 賵噩賵丿卮 賲賳 乇賵 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿賱诏乇賲 讴乇丿 賵 丕夭 爻乇賲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘丕毓孬 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賳卮 卮丿貙 卮讴爻鬲賲. 亘丿賵賳 卮讴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 丿诏乇诏賵賳 讴賳賴 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 賳爻禺賴 乇賵蹖 賴乇 讴爻蹖 噩賵丕亘 賳賲蹖丿賴. 亘丕蹖丿 丿賱 亘賴 讴賱賲丕鬲卮 亘爻倬丕乇蹖. 丕噩丕夭賴 亘丿蹖 丿乇鬲 噩乇蹖丕賳 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳. 亘乇丕蹖 賮賴賲蹖丿賳卮 鬲賱丕卮 讴賳蹖 賵 賴賲賵賳胤賵乇 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 鬲讴鈥屫ㄘ关� 賳亘賵丿貙 亘賴 蹖賴 亘毓丿 丕讴鬲賮丕 賳讴賳蹖. 丕賵賳 賵賯鬲 賴爻鬲 讴賴 賲蹖鬲賵賳蹖 亘诏蹖 倬乇賵爻鬲 趩诏賵賳賴 夭賳丿诏蹖賲 乇賵 丿诏乇诏賵賳 讴乇丿. 賵诏乇賳賴 鬲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 亘丕 禺賵丿卮 賲賵丕噩賴 賳卮蹖貙 鬲睾蹖蹖乇蹖 賴賲 氐賵乇鬲 賳賲蹖诏蹖乇賴.
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丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 爻賷卅丞貙 賱賰賳 賰鬲丕亘 賱胤賷賮 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱兀丨賵丕賱
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The book contains no end of excellent Proust trivia. (My favourite: the prototype of Odette really did live on rue Lap茅rouse and was unhappy to find she had been doxxed). Some of the advice may possibly change your life, though it's rather more likely to be effective if you also read A la recherche du temps perdu. I don't think de Botton would disagree. The Monty Python "All-England Summarise Proust Competition" sketch makes an early appearance, you are given fair warning.
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In fact, Proust does the best job of explaining to you what his novel is about and why you should read it. I just noticed this passage in the second volume; as far as I can remember, not one cited by de Botton.
Quand ce qui est le plus cach茅 dans la Sonate de Vinteuil se d茅couvrit 脿 moi, d茅j脿 entra卯n茅 par l'habitude hors des prises de ma sensibilit茅, ce que j'avais distingu茅, pr茅f茅r茅 tout d'abord, commen莽ait 脿 m'茅chapper, 脿 me fuir. Pour n'avoir pu aimer qu'en des temps successifs tout ce que m'apportait cette sonate, je ne la poss茅dai jamais tout enti猫re: elle ressemblait 脿 la vie. Mais, moins d茅cevants que la vie, ces grands chefs-d'oeuvre ne commencent pas par nous donner ce qu'ils ont de meilleur.

Scott Moncrieff's translation:

When the least obvious beauties of Vinteuil's sonata were revealed to me, already, borne by the force of habit beyond the reach of my sensibility, those that I had first distinguished and preferred in it were beginning to escape, to avoid me. Since I was able only in successive moments to enjoy all the pleasures that this sonata gave me, I never possessed it in its entirety: it was like life itself. But, less disappointing than life is, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.
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鬲賰賲賳 噩丕匕亘賷丞 賰鬲丕亘 "賰賷賮 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 賲丕乇爻賷賱 亘乇賵爻鬲 丕賳 賷睾賷乇 丨賷丕鬲賰" 賮賷 賰賵賳賴 賷禺賱胤 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱毓賲賷賯 亘兀丿賯 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賲卮丕毓乇賳丕 賲毓 鬲丨乇乇 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲賳 兀賷 乇賴亘丞 兀賵 夭賷賮 賷噩亘乇賴 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賲孬賷賱 亘兀賳賴 賲孬賯賮 賳禺亘賵賷 賷鬲乇賮毓 毓賳 丕賱賳夭賵賱 賱賲爻鬲賵賶 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱毓丕丿賷賷賳. 兀賵 丕丿毓丕亍 兀賳賴 賲氐賱丨 鬲賳賵賷乇賷 兀賵 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 丕賵 廿丿丕乇賷 賷丨賲賱 賮賷 噩毓亘鬲賴 禺賷乇 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 .. 賵賴匕賴 賮賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞貙 賲賷夭丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丌賱丕賳 丿賷 亘賵鬲賵賳.

丕卮鬲賴乇 丌賱丕賳 丿賵 亘賵鬲賵賳 賮賷 兀賵乇賵亘丕 丕賱睾乇亘賷丞 亘賰賵賳賴 兀丨丿 賳噩賵賲 丕賱噩賷賱 丕賱噩丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷賳 丕爻鬲胤丕毓賵丕 廿乇噩丕毓 丕賱卮亘丕亘 賴賳丕賰 (噩賷賱 MTV 賵丕賱賲丕賰丿賵賳丕賱丿夭.....丕賱禺) 廿賱賶 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱噩丕丿丞貙 賲爻鬲賱賴賲賷賳 賮賷 匕賱賰 鬲賯丕賱賷丿 賯丿賷賲丞 賮賷 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞 丕賱睾乇亘賷丞 亘丿兀鬲 賲毓 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 賲賷卮賷賱 丿賷 賲賵賳鬲賷賳 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱爻丕丿爻 毓卮乇 丕賱賲賷賱丕丿賷.

賱賰賳 賲賳 賴賵 賲丕乇爻賷賱 亘乇賵爻鬲 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲賲丨賵乇 丨賵賱賴 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘責 賲丕乇爻賷賱 亘乇賵爻鬲 賴賵 兀丨丿 兀賴賲 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 (賵乇亘賲丕 賰賱 丕賱毓氐賵乇). 毓丕賱賲 丕賱兀丿亘 賷鬲匕賰乇 亘乇賵爻鬲 賳鬲賷噩丞 賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賮賯胤貙 賵賴賷 亘丕賱胤亘毓 : 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱夭賲賳 丕賱囟丕卅毓. 賳賯賵賱 亘丕禺鬲氐丕乇 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲鬲賳丕賵賱 賲賵囟賵毓 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱夭賲賳 賵丕賱賵賯鬲 賵兀孬乇賴 毓賱賶 丕賱賳丕爻 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵匕丕賰乇丞 賲賳 賷毓賷卮 賲毓賴賲. 兀賲丕 兀爻賱賵亘賴丕 賮賴賵 氐毓亘 丨賯丕賸貙 賮賯丿 鬲賲鬲丿 丕賱噩賲賱丞 丕賱賵丕丨丿丞 賱賮賯乇丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 賵乇亘賲丕 亘囟毓丞 氐賮丨丕鬲 丿丕禺賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 ..鬲禺賷賱責責! 賵賱賰賳 賲丕 賷睾賮乇 賱賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賴賵 噩賲丕賱賴 丕賱賲胤賱賯貙 賯丿乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 丕賱賯亘囟 毓賱賶 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱丌賳賷丞 亘丿賵賳 廿賮賱丕鬲賴丕貙 (亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 賱兀爻亘丕亘 兀禺乇賶) 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 丿賮毓 丕賱毓丿賷丿賷賳 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷賷賳 賮賷 丕賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱賱丕丨賯丞 賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱毓賲賱 賲乇丕乇丕賸 賵鬲賰乇丕乇丕賸貙 賵廿毓賱丕賳 丕賲鬲賳丕賳賴賲 賱賲丕乇爻賷賱 亘乇賵爻鬲.

兀賲丕 賰鬲丕亘 丌賱丕賳 丿賵 亘賵鬲賵賳貙 賮賷鬲賲賷夭 亘丨噩賲賴 丕賱氐睾賷乇貙 賵噩賲賱賴 丕賱爻賴賱丞 賵丕賱賲亘丕卮乇丞. 賵賱兀賳 丿賵 亘賵鬲賵賳 賰丕鬲亘 匕賰賷 賷毓賷卮 亘賷賳賳丕 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱夭賲賳 賮賴賵 賷毓賱賲 鬲賲丕賲 丕賱毓賱賲 亘兀賳 賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賳賲賷丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 賵丕賱廿丿丕乇賷丞 鬲賱丕賯賷 乇賵丕噩丕賸 賰亘賷乇丕賸 毓賳丿 睾丕賱亘賷丞 丕賱賯乇丕亍 賮賷 賰賱 兀賳丨丕亍 丕賱毓丕賱賲. 賱匕丕 賷賯賵賲 亘廿爻賯丕胤 兀亘乇夭 鬲毓丕賱賷賲 (廿賳 氐丨 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇) 賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賳賲賷丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 毓賱賶 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賰亘賷乇 賵丕賱氐毓亘 賵丕賱賳禺亘賵賷 賵丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷賮賴賲賴 兀丨丿 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲丕乇爻賷賱 亘乇賵爻鬲.
賷鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賳 鬲爻毓丞 賮氐賵賱貙 賷丨賲賱 賰賱 賲賳賴丕 毓賳賵丕賳丕賸 賷匕賰乇賰 亘毓賳丕賵賷賳 賰鬲亘 丿. 氐賱丕丨 丕賱乇丕卮丿貙 兀賵 爻鬲賷賮賳 賰賵賮賷貙 兀賵 廿亘乇丕賴賷賲 丕賱賮賯賷 賵睾賷乇賴賲 賲賳 賲卮丕賴賷乇 丕賱鬲賳賲賷丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞. 賮丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賷丨賲賱 毓賳賵丕賳 "賰賷賮 鬲賰賵賳 氐丿賷賯丕賸 噩賷丿丕賸" 賵丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賲賳 "賰賷賮 鬲賰賵賳 爻毓賷丿丕賸 賮賷 丕賱丨亘"貙 賵賰賱 賲賳賴丕 賷賯賵賲 亘廿孬亘丕鬲 丕賱毓賰爻 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 賲丕乇爻賷賱 亘乇賵爻鬲 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賰賵賲賷丿賷丞 賵爻賱爻丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞 賮賰乇賷丕賸貙 賮賷 丌賳 賵丕丨丿.

賴丿賮 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賴賵 賲賳丨賳丕 卮賷卅丕賸 賲賳 丕賱鬲賴賰賲 賵丕賱囟丨賰 (賵賱賵 賯賱賷賱丕賸) 毓賱賶 毓亘丕乇丕鬲 賵兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱鬲賳賲賷丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 .. 賴賱 賷噩亘 毓賱賷賳丕 兀賳 賳賰賵賳 噩賷丿賷賳 賵乇丕卅毓賷賳 賵丨賱賵賷賳 胤賵賱 丕賱賵賯鬲責 ... 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賷賯賵賱 賱丕 .. 賵賷噩毓賱賰 鬲賯鬲賳毓 賲毓賴.

賷丨賲賱 兀丨丿 丕賱賮氐賵賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 丕賱睾乇賷亘 "賰賷賮 鬲鬲毓匕亘 亘賳噩丕丨 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賰責" 兀賲丕 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賮賴賵 兀卮丿 睾乇丕亘丞 廿匕 賷丨賲賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 "賰賷賮 鬲乇賲賷 丕賱賰鬲亘 噩丕賳亘丕責" .. 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 丕賱賯丕乇卅 爻賵賮 賷爻鬲賲鬲毓 賵賷囟丨賰 賵賷賮賰乇 亘毓賲賯 賲毓 丌賱丕賳 丿賷 亘賵鬲賵賳 丨賵賱 賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱賳噩丕丨 賵丕賱兀賱賲 賵丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱賮卮賱....丕賱禺 .. 亘毓賷丿丕賸 毓賳 賰賱 賲丕 鬲毓賵丿 兀賳 賷鬲賲 丨卮賵 乇兀爻賴 亘賴.
賷禺鬲鬲賲 丌賱丕賳 丿賷 亘賵鬲賵賳 賰鬲丕亘賴 亘賲賱丕丨馗丞 爻賵賮 鬲爻毓丿 賵賱丕 卮賰 賰賱 毓卮丕賯 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱乇賮賷毓 .. 賷賯賵賱 丿賷 亘賵鬲賵賳 兀賳賳丕 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 賮賷 毓氐乇賳丕 賴匕丕貙 毓氐乇 丕賱亘爻丕胤丞 賵丕賱爻胤丨賷丞 賵鬲爻賴賷賱 賰賱 卮賷貙 毓氐乇 丕賱賳賮賵乇 賲賳 丕賱毓賲賯 賵丕賱匕賰丕亍 .. 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賳爻鬲毓賷賳 亘丕賱兀丿亘 賱賳丨爻賳 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 賵賳賰賵賳 亘卮乇丕賸 兀賮囟賱.




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亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲蹖賳噩丕 鬲賵 诏賵丿 乇蹖丿夭 丌卮賳丕 卮丿賲貙 乇蹖賵蹖賵 賴丕 丨丕讴蹖 丕夭 倬乇 亘丕乇 亘賵丿賳卮 亘賵丿 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴乇 趩賳丿 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 倬乇賵爻鬲賴 賵 丕卮丕乇賴 亘賴 乇賲丕賳 賲毓乇賵賮卮 蹖毓賳蹖 "丿乇 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖 夭賲丕賳 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賴" 丿丕乇賴貙 賵賱蹖 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 倬蹖卮 賳蹖丕夭 賳蹖爻鬲. 賴賲蹖賳 亘丕毓孬 卮丿 亘禺乇賲卮 賵 亘禺賵賳賲卮.
囟賲賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 噩丕賴丕 賲夭蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 乇賲丕賳 賲毓乇賵賮 倬乇賵爻鬲 乇賵 賲賱賲賵爻 讴乇丿賳 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 亘蹖丕賳 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賴丕貙 賯亘賱丕 賲丨爻賵爻 亘賵丿賴 賵賱蹖 賯丕亘賱 亘蹖丕賳 賵 賲賱賲賵爻 賳亘賵丿賴.
亘賴 賳馗乇 賲賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿賵 亘丕鬲賳 賴賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賯囟蹖賴 賲爻鬲孬賳蹖 賳蹖爻鬲貙 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 賴爻鬲 讴賴 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 賴賲賴 賲蹖丿賵賳蹖賲 賵賱蹖 賯丿乇鬲 亘蹖丕賳卮 乇賵 賳丿丕乇蹖賲貙 蹖丕 亘賴 賯賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 丨爻賴丕蹖蹖 丿乇 賲丕 賳賴賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賴 讴賴 丕夭卮 亘蹖 丕胤賱丕毓 亘賵丿蹖賲貙 賲孬賱丕 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 賮氐賱"趩诏賵賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賲丕賳 亘禺賵丕賳蹖賲" 蹖丕丿賲賴 爻丕賱賴丕 倬蹖卮 蹖賴 丌丿賲 倬乇亘丕乇 賵 丕賴賱 賲胤丕賱毓賴 賳丕賳 賮蹖讴卮賳貙 讴賱 賯囟蹖賴 乇賲丕賳 禺賵賳丿賳 賵 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 禺賵賳丿賳 乇賵 夭蹖乇 爻賵丕賱 亘乇丿 讴賴 "丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 乇賲丕賳 趩蹖夭蹖 毓丕蹖丿 丌丿賲 賳賲蹖卮賴" 丿乇 丿賮丕毓 丕夭 禺賵丿賲 賵丕賯毓丕 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 趩蹖夭 賲賳丕爻亘蹖 亘诏賲! 賲蹖丿賵賳爻鬲賲 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵賳丿賳 賵賱賵 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賵 乇賲丕賳 丕夭賲 丌丿賲 亘賴鬲乇蹖 (丨鬲蹖 丕诏賴 讴賲蹖 亘賴鬲乇) 爻丕禺鬲賴 賵 丨丕賱 亘賴鬲乇蹖 丿丕乇賲 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘賴丕 賵 丨爻 賲蹖讴賳賲 丨鬲蹖 爻胤丨賲賵 亘丕賱丕鬲乇 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賴爻鬲賲 賲蹖亘乇賴 賵賱蹖 賴蹖趩 讴丿賵賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳賴丕 乇賵 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 亘丕 噩賲賱丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賲賵乇丿 倬匕蹖乇卮 蹖賴 賳丕賳 賮蹖讴卮賳 禺賵賳 亘丕卮賴 亘蹖丕賳 讴賳賲. 賮氐賱蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 讴賴 亘賴卮 丕卮丕乇賴 讴乇丿賲 丿賯蹖賯丕 亘乇丕蹖 倬丕爻禺 丿丕丿賳 乇賲丕賳 禺賵賳 賴丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕賮乇丕丿 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 蹖丕 丨鬲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 禺賵丿賲賵賳 亘賮賴賲蹖賲 賵丕賯毓丕 趩乇丕 乇賲丕賳 賲蹖禺賵賳蹖賲責!!!
丕賱丕賳 丿蹖诏賴 賲蹖丿賵賳賲 賮賱爻賮賴貙 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕爻蹖貙 爻蹖丕爻鬲貙 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 賵 賴賲賴 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 丿蹖诏賴 賴賲賴 賵 賴賲賴 亘乇丕蹖 丿爻鬲蹖丕亘蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賴鬲乇賴貙 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賴丿賮 乇賲丕賳 禺賵賳 賴丕 賴賲 賴爻鬲 賯胤毓丕貙 丕诏乇 讴賴 賲胤丕賱毓賴 賮賯胤 噩賳亘賴 賮丕賳 賵 爻乇诏乇賲蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴貨 亘乇丕蹖 丿丕卮鬲賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賴鬲乇貙 爻丕禺鬲賳卮 蹖丕 丨鬲蹖 鬲賵爻毓賴 賵 鬲乇賵蹖噩 賵 鬲亘賱蹖睾卮 丕賵賱 丕夭 賴賲賴 亘丕蹖丿 禺賵丿賲賵賳 乇賵 禺賵亘賽 禺賵亘 亘卮賳丕爻蹖賲貙 丿賳蹖丕 (賵 丿賳蹖丕賴丕蹖) 丕胤乇丕賮貙 丌丿賲賴丕貙 丨爻賴丕貙 乇蹖 丕讴卮賳 賴丕貙 鬲噩乇亘賴 賴丕 賵... 乇賵 賱賲爻 讴賳蹖賲貙 丨爻 讴賳蹖賲貙 亘卮賳丕爻蹖賲卮 賵 亘毓丿 爻毓蹖 亘乇 丕氐賱丕丨 亘丿蹖賴丕卮貙 亘丿蹖賴丕賲賵賳 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮蹖賲...

*丿乇 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲貙 賴乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴(讴鬲丕亘)貙 丿乇 丨蹖賳 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賳賮爻 禺賵丿卮 亘丕卮丿. 丕孬乇 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賮賯胤 賳賵毓蹖 丕亘夭丕乇 亘蹖賳丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丿丕丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 鬲丕 亘鬲賵丕賳丿 趩蹖夭蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘丿賵賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 賴乇诏夭 卮禺氐丕 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 鬲噩乇亘賴 讴賳丿貙 亘亘蹖賳丿...*
*讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 丨爻丕爻蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 賲卮賴賵丿卮 賲丕 乇丕 丨爻丕爻 鬲乇 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 诏蹖乇賳丿賴 賴丕蹖 禺丕賲賵卮 賲丕賳 乇丕 乇賵卮賳 賲蹖讴賳丿*

丿乇 讴賱 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 爻亘讴 禺丕氐蹖 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 丕賵賳賲 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕夭 賯丕賱亘 賴丕蹖 鬲毓乇蹖賮 卮丿賴 鬲賵爻胤 亘賯蹖賴 讴賴 賯胤毓丕 鬲賵 賴蹖趩 讴丿賵賲卮 禺賵卮丨丕賱蹖 賵 乇囟丕蹖鬲 賮乇丿 賮乇丿賽 賲丕 賲賱丕讴 賳亘賵丿賴 禺丕乇噩 卮蹖賲 賵 丿乇 趩丕乇趩賵亘 賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿賲賵賳 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 乇囟丕蹖鬲 賵 禺賵卮亘禺鬲蹖 亘丕卮蹖賲貙 讴賴 丿爻鬲 丕夭 倬乇爻鬲卮 亘鬲 賵丕乇丕賳賴 丕蹖賳 賯丕賱亘賴丕貙 讴鬲丕亘賴丕貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴丕 賵... 亘乇丿丕乇蹖賲 賵 鬲賳賴丕 丿乇 丨丿蹖 亘賴 趩蹖夭賴丕 賵 丕卮禺丕氐 毓賱丕賯賴 賵 鬲賲丕蹖賱 賳卮賵賳 亘丿蹖賲 讴賴 賳賮爻 禺賵丿賲賵賳 賵 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賴爻鬲蹖賲 丕夭 亘蹖賳 賳乇賴 賵 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 讴爻 丿蹖诏賴 賵 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 丿乇 賳蹖丕丿.讴鬲丕亘 亘賴賲賵賳 蹖丕丿 賲蹖丿賴 趩卮賲賲賵賳 乇賵 亘丕夭 讴賳蹖賲 賵 讴賵乇讴賵乇丕賳賴 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 鬲氐賵蹖乇 賯丕賱亘蹖 丕蹖 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 丕夭 禺賵卮亘禺鬲蹖貙 乇囟丕蹖鬲 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 讴賲丕賱 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賳 賳乇蹖賲貙 讴賴 鬲氐賵蹖乇 禺賵丿賲賵賳 乇賵 賵丕賯毓 诏乇丕蹖丕賳賴 賵 亘丕 趩卮賲 亘丕夭 亘爻丕夭蹖賲.

丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 賵 丕夭 丿蹖丿 賲賳 丨乇賮 亘乇丕蹖 诏賮鬲賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿丕卮鬲.
丕夭 丕賵賳 丿爻鬲賴 丕蹖賴 讴賴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 亘丕 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 丿蹖丿賲賵賳 賮乇丿 亘賴鬲乇蹖 丕夭賲賵賳 亘爻丕夭賴 (丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 讴賴 賲賯胤毓蹖 賵 鬲丨鬲 鬲丕孬蹖乇 賲賵賯鬲 亘丕卮賴 丕蹖賳 鬲睾蹖蹖乇丕鬲)貨 禺賱丕氐賴 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴 賴賲賴 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖讴賳賲 亘禺賵賳蹖丿.
賵 丕诏乇 鬲氐賲蹖賲 诏乇賮鬲蹖丿 亘禺賵賳蹖丿卮 丨鬲賲丕 賯賱賲 賴賲乇丕賴鬲賵賳 亘丕卮賴 趩賵賳 丕诏賴 賲孬賱 賲賳 丕賴賱 禺胤 讴卮蹖丿賳 夭蹖乇 噩賲賱賴 賴丕 亘丕卮蹖丿貙 禺蹖賱蹖 噩丕賴丕 賱丕夭賲鬲賵賳 賲蹖卮賴..
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September 11, 2022
YouTube kanal谋mda Marcel Proust'un hayat谋, b眉t眉n kitaplar谋 ve kronolojik okuma s谋ras谋 hakk谋nda bilgi edinebilirsiniz:


"Ama daha ayr谋nt谋l谋, sevgili dostum, 莽ok h谋zl谋 gitmeyin."

Kitab谋 sadece Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde serisine ba艧lamadan m谋 yoksa bitirdikten sonra m谋 okumal谋 ya da kitab谋 edinemeyenler a莽谋s谋ndan 莽ok k谋sa bilgilerle Proust'a ve Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde'ye 枚n haz谋rl谋k olmas谋 a莽谋s谋ndan sunaca臒谋m.

Bu kitap kendi g枚r眉艧眉mce Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde serisine ba艧lamadan 枚nce okunmas谋 gereken bir kitapt谋r, e臒er serinin yar谋s谋nda olsan谋z dahi bir 艧ey kaybetmi艧 de臒ilsiniz. Zira Proust okumalar谋n谋zdan ald谋臒谋n谋z pay谋 ne kadar art谋rabilirseniz Proust'un sizin ya艧am谋n谋za etkidi臒i pay谋 da o derece art谋r谋rs谋n谋z.

Misal olarak Swannlar谋n Taraf谋 roman谋nda kar艧谋la艧t谋臒谋m谋z kuvvetli anne-莽ocuk ili艧kisi 莽ocuk Proust'un ger莽ekte anne Proust'a duydu臒u 艧iddetli sevgiden kaynaklanmakta. Proust'un neden bu kadar uzun ve detay i莽eren c眉mleler yazd谋臒谋n谋 merak ediyor musunuz? Annesine yazd谋臒谋 mektup ve yaz谋larda uyku d眉zeni ve g眉nl眉k rutinleri hakk谋nda 莽ok y眉zeysel yaz谋lar yazmas谋n谋n ard谋ndan annesinin 莽ocuk Proust'tan daha 莽ok detay istemesi sayesinde!

叠补产补蝉谋 Adrien Proust'un doktorlu臒undan gelen ba艧ar谋s谋n谋 ve ezici otoritesini k谋skanan Marcel Proust, karde艧iyle kar艧谋la艧t谋r谋ld谋臒谋nda fiziksel ve ruhsal g眉莽, yeteneklilik, sa臒l谋k konular谋nda da 莽ok terstir. Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde serisi s谋rf bu ailevi sebeplerden 枚t眉r眉 bile bir ba艧kald谋r谋, Marcel'谋n kendi Marcel ihtiya莽lar hiyerar艧isi piramidinde en tepede bulunma g眉d眉s眉 olarak g枚r眉lebilir.

Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde serisi bir iyile艧tirme roman谋 olarak ve kendi g枚zlerimizle Proust'un d眉nyas谋na de臒il, Proust'un g枚zleriyle kendi d眉nyam谋za bakmam谋z谋 gerektiren bir bak谋艧 a莽谋s谋yla okunmal谋. Ya艧amdan keyif almaya ba艧laman谋n yollar谋n谋 detaylarda ve izlenimlerde sunan Marcel Proust, ayn谋 zamanda zaman谋 bo艧a harcamay谋 da b谋rakmam谋z谋 istiyor. Herkesin, okudu臒u bir romanda kendini bulmak ve bir karakteri i莽selle艧tirmek istemesi gibi Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde serisindeki karakterlerin hayatlar谋n谋n da bizim kimliklerimizden, duygular谋m谋zdan ve izlenimlerimizden o kadar da farkl谋 olmad谋klar谋 anlat谋l谋yor.

A艧谋r谋 ama a艧谋r谋 kibarl谋臒谋yla "Proustmak" gibi bir eylemi ya艧ad谋臒谋 d枚nemde insanlar谋n a臒z谋na pelesenk eden, serisinde bahsetti臒i kasaba olan Combray'den esinlenmesiyle Proust keklerinin sat谋ld谋臒谋 kasaba pastanesine turistleri ak谋n ettiren, kli艧eleri kabul etmeyip kal谋plar谋n d谋艧谋nda yazmay谋 icat etmek isteyen, Woolf'un yazma iste臒ine kendi yeteneklili臒i sebebiyle sekte vuran, kitaplar谋nda bahsetti臒i kontlar ve d眉kler minvalinde pek 莽ok arkada艧谋 bulunan Marcel Proust'tan ba艧kas谋 de臒il. Fakat Proust'u ve edebiyat谋n谋 esas 艧ekillendiren hi莽birimizin k谋ymetini bilemedi臒i fiziksel ve ruhsal ac谋lard谋r. Ne annesi ne babas谋 ne de arkada艧lar谋ndan herhangi bir tanesi bile Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde gibi bir ba艧yap谋t谋n onun taraf谋ndan yaz谋laca臒谋n谋 tahmin edemezdi. Halil Cibran'谋n dedi臒i "艦ayet k谋艧; "Bahar kalbimdedir benim." deseydi, kim inan谋rd谋 k谋艧a?" c眉mlesindeki k谋艧 Marcel Proust'un 莽ocuklu臒u, bahar ise kalemi eline ald谋ktan sonraki 莽a臒lar谋d谋r.

Ger莽ek a艧k谋 bulamama sendromundan ve y眉zy眉ze kald谋臒谋 derin sapl谋ktan dolay谋 kendini durmadan mast眉rbasyona veren, erkeklere duydu臒u e艧cinsel e臒ilimlerin de pek kar艧谋l谋k bulamamas谋yla beraber anne Proust'un "Bey, bu Marcel'a bir k谋z bulal谋m art谋k" demesiyle ba艧 g枚steren anla艧谋lmamak, rahats谋zl谋k ve ac谋 莽ekme tohumlar谋 ileride kendine ast谋m, beslenme sorunu, sindirim s谋k谋nt谋lar谋, cilt duyarl谋l谋臒谋, fare fobisi, s眉rekli so臒uk olmas谋 ve 眉艧眉mesi, y眉kseklik fark谋ndan rahats谋zl谋k duymas谋 ve sesli 枚ks眉rmesi gibi fiziksel tezah眉rlerde yer bulur. Bizdeki gibi g枚r眉c眉 usul眉 Fransa'ya o zamanlar u臒ram谋艧 de臒il tabii. Anne, baba 莽aresiz. Bu Marcel'谋n hali ne olacak diye sorup duruyor. 陌艧te bu y眉zden de Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde karakterlerindeki sosyetik fig眉rler de 枚zellikle bu sosyetik d谋艧 g枚r眉n眉艧lerinin alt谋nda b眉y眉k vasatl谋klar ve noksanl谋klar ta艧谋yan d眉md眉z insanlar oluyor.

Proust art谋k baz谋 艧eylerden rahats谋z olman谋z谋 istiyor, baz谋 ger莽eklerden ac谋 莽ekmenizi istiyor. Nas谋l ki s眉rd眉臒眉n眉z araba bozulmad谋k莽a sizin o arabayla ilgilenmemeniz gibi hayatlar谋n谋zda da 莽e艧itli sorunlar olu艧mad谋臒谋nda kendinizle ilgilenmedi臒inizi y眉z眉n眉ze vuruyor. Bir adam d眉艧眉n眉n, delicesine ast谋m ve 莽i莽e臒in her t眉rl眉s眉nden alerji kapan biri. Yahu ben s谋rf alerjik bron艧iti ge莽irebilmek i莽in 4 y谋l a艧谋 oldum. Fakat Proust b枚yle yapm谋yor. Ac谋lar谋n谋n hepsine kar艧谋 dimdik duruyor, onlarla ba艧a 莽谋k谋yor ve do臒ayla, insan do臒as谋yla, detaylarla ve izlenimlerle dost oluyor. Hatta 眉st眉ne insan谋n bitkilerle ili艧kisini belki de en detayl谋 anlatan etnobotanik yazar谋 oluyor! Kendimi bu kitaptan sonra Proust'un yan谋nda 莽ok zavall谋 hissettim diyebilirim.

Unutmayal谋m ki, her 艧ey sanat i莽in potansiyel bir konudur. Tuttu臒unuz bilgisayar faresinin hareketlerinden, kafam谋z谋 sa臒a 莽evirdi臒imizde u莽an mart谋lar谋n havadaki e臒risel u莽u艧lar谋na; binalar谋n toprak taraf谋ndan sert bir 艧ekilde tutulmas谋ndan, pitoresk bir manzaraya kar艧谋 hissettiklerimizin manzaran谋n i莽erisinde bulundu臒umuzda art谋k o kadar hisli olmamas谋na kadar. Kay谋p Zaman谋n 陌zinde serisi de etraf谋m谋zda devinen b眉t眉n hareketler ve canl谋lar b眉t眉n眉n眉n asl谋nda bir kitapta ne kadar da ger莽ek hayatlar谋m谋zla benze艧ik olabilece臒inden yola 莽谋k谋larak okunmal谋. Proust'u hayat谋m谋za sadece okuyup kenara atmak i莽in de臒il, ayn谋 zamanda izlenimlerimizi detayland谋r谋p hayat谋n zaman skalas谋n谋 yava艧latabilmek ad谋na 耻测补谤濒补尘补濒谋测谋锄.
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June 30, 2009
A few years ago someone pointed out to me that the words "envy" and "jealousy" mean slightly different things; in the first case, the word implies only that you want something someone else has, whereas the second also includes the idea that you have a just claim to the desired object. Having said that, I would say that I am jealous of Alain de Botton rather than envying him; I mean, does this guy say anything deeper than what I spout off after a few glasses of wine? This little book contains such gems as the observation that the problem with cliches is not that they express falsehoods but that they express truths in ways that have been said too often already before. Might one even say hackneyed or overused? (Actually, I don't think I would bother to say this except after many glasses of wine.) Or another insight: often our desires are not nearly as pleasurable if we satisfy them immediately but bring anticipatory joy if we delay gratification. My friend David had a pool, and he used to love to get out and wait in the sun for a few minutes so that he would enjoy the water more when he got back in. Perhaps he should write a book? I have never read Marcel Proust, but I can only hope that his observations are more profound than what this distillation offers.
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December 14, 2017
Okurken g眉l眉mseten, olduk莽a keyifli bir kitap. Proust okumadan 枚nce okunursa Proust merak谋n谋z谋, sempatinizi art谋raca臒谋ndan eminim.
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August 12, 2009
Written by Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life is something of a conundrum. The book is at once a piece of literary criticism and a self-help book, and at the same time neither of those. That is, it analyzes the literature and life of Marcel Proust and is structured in the regular "how to" fashion of self-help manuals (with chapter titles such as "How to Suffer Successfully" and "How to Be a Good Friend"), but unlike most contemporary literary criticism it is written for a public audience, and unlike most self-help books, How Proust Can Change Your Life carries only faint strains of didactic, shallow assuredness.

This rare genre鈥攍iterary criticism for the public鈥攊s terrific. While de Botton's book may be a turn-off to those expecting rigorous scholarship and those expecting a Dr. Phil imitation, this genre is needed, and contemporary literary scholars should take de Botton's efforts seriously.

Literary criticism is currently a pinched genre. It is always rigorous, frequently pedantic, and seldom accessible to the public. It is a genre that, for better and worse, stays around mainly because literary critics are required to publish or perish. Literary criticism is in one sense not unlike cookbooks: necessary to have around, unnecessary to have so much of it around.

It follows, then, that literary critics who really want to change the world with their writing would offer to the public new ways of looking at the best literature, as de Botton does in his book. His insights are fresh, humorous and quite compelling. His book is beneficial for the public at large.

Such writing would admittedly not be a project for everyone, and I can see how too much attention to capitalistic markets could soften the expected rigor of literary scholarship, but a host of books in this vein鈥攃omic and colloquial and accurate鈥攃ould collectively bring about a needed change in contemporary readership.

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April 19, 2013
I just read that Oscar Wilde, when asked to provide a list of the 鈥�100 greatest books鈥�, divided the list into three categories: books to be read, books to be reread, and books (overly praised) to be avoided at all costs. After 15 years I just REREAD de Botton鈥檚 book, and I can report that it鈥檚 definitely worth putting in the second category.

As expected, I had forgotten much of my first reading, and now I鈥檓 trying to decide if de Botton鈥檚 nine chapter headings, each beginning with 鈥淗ow to鈥� is a sendup of self-help books, or if the author is trying to a take a genre, full of extravagant claims that usually fall short, and transcend it, writing a self-help book that REALLY WORKS.

With one caveat, I鈥檇 say that de Botton is successful, perhaps not in dramatically changing anyone鈥檚 life, if by that we mean health, wealth, or fame.. He guesses that Proust would probably say to anyone who spends too much time in praising his masterpiece, IN SEARCH OF TIME PAST , that his writing is a means to an end, not an end in itself. 鈥淩eading is on the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it: it does not constitute it.鈥� And by a 鈥渟piritual life鈥� is meant a thoughtful contemplative state of mind. De Botton鈥檚 last words, warning of making too much of any book, are, 鈥淓ven the finest books deserve to be thrown aside.鈥�

The nine chapter headings speak for themselves: How To Love Life Today, How to Read for Yourself, How To Take Your Time, How To Suffer Successfully, How To Express Your Emotions, How To Be A Good Friend, How To Open Your Eyes, How To Be Happy In Love, How To Put Books Down. Interestingly, many of the details of what Proust thought on these matters, de Botton furnishes, not from his IN SEARCH OF TIME PAST, but from his life, much of it spent in ill health. Proust lived to be just fifty-one.

By far the longest chapter is the one on suffering. Proust鈥檚 life was one of appalling physical and psychological suffering, but in contrast his writing seems calm and serene. How to explain this apparent contradiction? De Bottom thinks that it鈥檚 a matter, in Proust鈥檚 view, of a form of compensation. We don鈥檛 really learn anything until there is a problem or a failure, and then we develop ways of overcoming the obstacle. For Proust, it was not any kind of personal or psychological success, but rather one of an aesthetic outlook, as successfully developed in his fiction. This is equally true of the other chapters, any one of the titles could be prefaced with its opposite practice. For example, HOW TO TAKE YOUR TIME, grows out of the concept of TOO MUCH RUSHING AROUND.

Two quotations from de Botton capture the essence of the book, 鈥淓very work of successful art has an ability to restore to our sight a distorted or neglected aspect of reality,鈥� and 鈥淎 genuine homage to Proust is to look at our world through his eyes, not look at his world through our eyes.鈥� If we read Proust with these thoughts then he HAS changed our lives.

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July 31, 2022
Diese Anleitung zum Lesen und Verstehen von Marcel Prousts gewaltigem Werk darf man nicht so ernst nehmen. Es handelt sich nicht um klassische Sekund盲rliteratur zum besseren Textverst盲ndnis, sondern ist der Versuch, statt eines pseudowissenschaftlichen Ratgebers 眉ber Achtsamkeit lieber sich auf die Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit zu begeben und von Proust ein besseres Leben zu lernen. Was ja schon aberwitzig ist, denn Proust war ja nun wirklich kein Vorbild f眉r eine bereichernde Lebensf眉hrung. Er war ein Sonderling, Einzelg盲nger, Mutters枚hnchen, Versager, Hochsensensibler, Snob, Galant, G枚nner, Intellektueller, Sprachvirtuose und Kunstliebhaber, der sein Leben vorwiegend im stets verdunkelten Zimmer und die N盲chte mit dem Schreiben seines Romans im Bett verbrachte.

Kann man also von Proust lernen (so die einzelnen Kapitel眉berschriften), wie man das Leben heute liebt, man richtig liest, sich Zeit nimmt, erfolgreich leidet, seinen Gef眉hlen Ausdruck verleiht, Freundschaften pflegt, sehen lernt und das Gl眉ck in der Liebe findet? Nein, das w盲re wirklich zu viel verlangt. Warum liest man dann aber Proust? Er ist zweifellos einer, der die sch枚nsten Metaphern kreiieren konnte. Jegliche Klischees waren ihm zuwider. Und wenn mir mal wieder bei Proust diese schier 眉berbordende Phantasie in der Beschreibung von Dingen und Gef眉hlen auf den Wecker geht, dann werde ich mich zumindest gerne an diese Anleitung zur眉ckerinnern, denn sie machte mir deutlich, dass Proust so ist wie die Maus Frederick in dem bekannten Bilderbuch. Er ist ein Nichtsnutz, der die Farben und die Bilder im Sommer sammelt, um in den kalten Wintermonaten davon erz盲hlen zu k枚nnen. Ja, ich bin auch metaphorisch positiv. Daf眉r vier Sterne.

脺ber das ganze Konzept des Buchs als Ratgeber, decke ich mal den Mantel des Vergessens. Denn was soll man von so einem Ende halten:

"Die Moral? Da脽 wir Proust keinen gr枚脽eren Tribut zollen k枚nnten, als wenn wir zum guten Schlu脽 das [...] Urteil 眉ber ihn f盲llen, [...] dass auch seine Werke dem, der sich zu lange mit ihm besch盲ftigt, trotz ihrer unbestrittenen Qualit盲t irgendwann dumm, eigenbr枚tlerisch, enervierend, falsch und l盲cherlich vorkommen m眉ssen. [...] Selbst die besten B眉cher haben es verdient, in die Ecke geworfen zu werden. ENDE"

Wie kann man eine Hommage an einen au脽ergew枚hnlichen Schriftsteller so beschissen enden lassen? Die Flugeigenschaften dieser Anleitung (Hardcover, 238 Seiten) sind 眉brigens hervorragend. Und die Ecke des Wohnzimmers habe ich auch getroffen.
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April 15, 2019
鈥�'THE SAD THING IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE VERY ILL OR HAVE BROKEN A LEG IN ORDER TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME.鈥�'
ROBERT PROUST


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More about Proust himself than how reading Proust can change your life, Alain de Botton's book was interesting if slight. It would be a great read for someone unfamiliar with Proust prior to reading IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME. An interesting read overall.

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August 7, 2018
I relished every page of de Botton鈥檚 short, witty book about Proust鈥檚 life and work, written with affection and a keen eye for the ridiculous, as when we first see Proust: 鈥榓 reclusive, moustachioed novelist, not known for his interest in golf, tennis or bridge [though he had once tried draughts, and twice aided in the launching of a kite], a man who had spent the last fourteen years lying in a narrow bed under a pile of thinly woven woollen blankets writing an unusually long novel without an adequate bedside lamp鈥�. (p4)

Like In Search of Lost Time itself, this book meanders around what de Botton sees as Proust鈥檚 main concerns. The first he notes is that In Search鈥欌€� is not 鈥� a memoir tracing the passage of a more lyrical lost age..[but] a practical, universally applicable story about how to stop wasting, and begin appreciating one鈥檚 life鈥�.

My five star rating reflects my sheer enjoyment in reading this. It鈥檚 certainly not a self-help manual of the usual sort, but a brilliant, often very funny, musing on Proust鈥檚 life and writing
From here on I have just included my notes on chapters 2 onwards. Chapter 4, 鈥楬ow to Suffer Successfully鈥�, is, I think, my favourite.

Ch. Two. How to Read for Yourself
Proust was a meticulous observer of people, of the faintest tremor of sensitivity. 鈥業t is difficult when reading the description of certain fictional characters not at the same time to imagine the real-life acquaintances who they most closely, if often unexpectedly, to resemble. 鈥he value of a novel is not limited to its depictions of emotions and people akin to those in our own life, it stretches to an ability to describe these far better than we would have been able, to put a finger on perceptions that we recognize as our own yet could not have formulated on our own.鈥� Proust鈥檚 highly developed sensitivities sensitise us to tune our own antennae to, he suggests, the colours of the sky, changing facial expressions, the hypocrisy of a friend or a submerged sadness we might not otherwise have noticed. De Botton calls this The finger placing ability.

Ch. Three. How to Take Your time
You must have time to read Proust. His longest sentence, in the fifth volume, 鈥榳ould, if arranged in a single line in standard-sized text, run on for a little short of four metres and stretch around the base of a bottle of wine seventeen times鈥�. (Who counted that?)
The question 鈥� how much should one write about falling asleep and dinner parties? Refers to the Monty Python competition 鈥� pr茅cis the contents of the seven volumes into 15 seconds or less and deliver the results in a swimsuit and evening dress (he doesn't report the winner).
Proust himself believed that 鈥榯he greatness of works of art has nothing to do with the apparent quality of their subject matter and everything to do with the subsequent treatment of that matter鈥�. A soap advertisement could be the starting point for a profound train of thought.

Ch. Four. How to suffer successfully
Proust鈥檚 life was full of physiological and psychological suffering, his life a trial. Then a brilliant tour of the psychological problems under these headings:
鈥� the Problem of a Jewish Mother
鈥� Awkward Desires
鈥� Dating Difficulties
鈥� Romantic Pessimism
鈥� A Lack of a Career in the Theatre (as a playwright. Hilariously awful script outline).
鈥� The Incomprehension of Friends
鈥� At thirty, His own Assessment
鈥淲ithout pleasures, objectives, activities or ambitions, with the life ahead of me finished and with an awareness of the grief I cause my parents, I have little happiness鈥�. (p 62).
His physical afflictions:
鈥� Asthma
鈥� Diet
鈥� Digestion
鈥� Underpants. 鈥楴eeds to have these circling tight around the stomach before he has any chance of getting to sleep. They have to be fastened by a special pin whose absence, when Proust accidentally loses it early one morning in the bathroom, keeps him awake all day鈥�. (p 63)
鈥� Sensitive skin
鈥� Cold
鈥� Sensitivity to Altitude (Claims altitude sickness after visit to Versailles which is 83 metres above Paris)
鈥� Coughing
鈥� Travel (homesickness)
鈥� Beds. 鈥淟oves his, spends most of his time in it and turns it into his desk and office. Does the bed provide a defence against the cruel world outside?鈥�
鈥� Noise From Neighbours
鈥� Other ailments
鈥� Disbelief of Others.
鈥� Death 鈥� always claims he is about to. Finally succeeds in dying.
Then follows a discussion of whether Proust truly did suffer all the things he claimed, comparing Marcel with his healthy, vigorous brother, Robert.
Then a return to Proust鈥檚 thinking. In P鈥檚 view, 鈥榳e don鈥檛 really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, that we become properly inquisitive only when distressed. Jealousy, resentment.
P values thought prompted by pain, emotional or otherwise. Examples from his novels. Excruciating situations.

Ch. Five. How to Express Your Emotions
With precision, as they really are. The truth is often not what we think it is, - comparison with the colours and perspectives of impressionist painting. In every successful work of art there is 鈥榓n ability to restore to our sight a distorted or neglected aspect of reality鈥�. 112.

Ch. Six. How to be a Good Friend
Another list: this time of Proust鈥檚 virtues as a friend as given by his friends:
He was generous, munificent, liked to add a 200% service charge, he didn鈥檛 talk only about himself, he was curious, modest, a great talker, one was never bored at his house and he always put much of himself into his life.
Proust himself had some very caustic views about friendship; did not believe the exalted claims for the benefits of conversation with friends - that it gives us the chance to express our deepest selves. Conversation is full of gaps, side-tracks, inanities, missed opportunities. Books, on the other hand, provide for 鈥榓 distillation of our sporadic minds, a concentration of inspired moments that might originally have risen across a multitude of years, and been separated by extended stretches of bovine gazing鈥�. (p123) And writing can be revised, over and over, as Proust did.

Ch. Seven. How to Open Your eyes
Another meditation on seeing what is there, on creating and recreating beautiful memories in great detail 鈥� eg the scene of the madeleine.
Disillusionment too 鈥� eg fascination with aristocracy and then finding they are ordinary, dull people (Guermantes) brings this observation from De Botton on how we can better discriminate between people: 鈥� The image of a refined aristocracy is not false, it is merely dangerously uncomplicated. There are of course superior people in the world, but it is optimistic to assume that they could be so conveniently located on the basis of their surname鈥�. (p167)

Ch. Eight. How to Be Happy in Love
He wasn't good at this. I'll just leave it at that.

Ch. Nine. How to Put Books Down
Reflections on reading. It should awaken us to the personal life of the mind, not take its place. Truth is an ideal we can realise only through our own experience and thought. Because books are so good at helping to make us aware of some of the things we feel, it can be tempting to leave the work of interpreting our lives to books.
鈥業t obligates us to read with care, to welcome the insights books give us, but not to subjugate our independence, or smother the nuances of our own love life in the process. 鈥� Even the finest books deserve to be thrown aside 鈥�, (199, 215)

And the illustrations are a delight.
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September 9, 2018
How can Proust change my life? Well, he probably can't.

I read this book with one purpose in mind: to determine whether to start reading Proust at all. You see, I find it difficult to abandon books, and if a book is famous, the problem is even greater: whenever someone mentions it, I'll remember I haven't finished it and maybe I should.

Luckily, Alain de Botton saved me: I vaguely remembered him as being a "famous philosopher" or something of the sort, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone and have someone I might want to read explain an author whom I wasn't sure I wanted to pick up.

Alas, my life would have been so much better if I'd read the wikipedia entry on Botton first, to confirm my preconceptions of him, because he may have studied philosophy, but he became a "self-help guru" after abandoning his studies. It shows! The book is either spewing banalities or praising Proust as if he could do no wrong. If Proust had farted in the wind, I'm quite sure Botton would have explained how Proust's fart is a commentary on the effect small things have on our lives, encouraging us to appreciate the wonderfulness of clean air when we do have it.

I'm not sure whether to blame Botton or Proust, but as far as I could gather from this book, the latter seems to have been a genuinely unpleasant person. Meanwhile, Botton's ideas on life and humans are weird indeed.

For example, he says Proust constantly thought himself ill, and acted ill, although it all seemed to be in his head. Hypochondriac? No, Botton tells us - as in the end he caught a disease and died, he must have been right about being ill all along! (I wonder if hypochondria is supposed to make you immune to all diseases in this scenario)

Proust, Botton tells us, was modest. He was so modest that he praised the texts of his friends even if they didn't deserve praise. (I... rather hope my friends aren't 'modest' like that) He was also an amazing friend, buying expensive dinners for people and then listening to them talk. (I'm... not sure that's what a good friend is, Botton?)

All in all, Botton paints the picture of Proust as a momma's boy, a hypochondriac, a hypocrite in his personal relationships, but the conclusion he draws is that the writer could do no wrong, and write no wrong.

But the bulk of the book is about bland life advice - live life! learn to look at the beauty of everyday objects! the details are more interesting than the summary of the story! don't just suffer, learn something from your suffering! The rest of the book, on the other hand, is grating.

I think I ought to give it five stars for ridding me of any impulse to read either Proust or Botton, but I'll be honest: it's worth two stars at best.
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May 19, 2017
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May 2, 2020
It Didn't Change My Life, Unfortunately

Forewarning, this is quite a biased review that simply speaks from my experience of reading this novel, it's content very well may not apply to you. I feel I may have gone off the deep end without meaning to (considering this was a book I read on the side of others).

Please still consider picking this book up.

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I have to admit, this is the first book I've actually struggled to complete this year due to a lack of interest; as opposed to the difficulty of the subject defeating me, or the fact I lack knowledge in a particular area. As such, I stopped reading it about six months ago, and just today caught myself skimming the last few pages having fully given up on achieving full completion.

I was given this novel by a friend when visiting their flat in London. We had had a positive conversation about Alain de Botton (I happened to have recently discovered him in an interview conducted by Chris Hedges, whereas she'd known about him for quite some time) and she picked this book out from a shelf for me to read. Unfortunately, I have a problem with starting brand new books immediately after attaining them, even when I have other older, more personal novels needing to be finished.

Unfortunately, this one never saw my full attention all the way to the end.

The real problem I have with this book isn't the way it's written. In fact, if it weren't written by this particular Author, then I may have stopped far earlier than I did in reality. Alain has a style that naturally evokes a welcoming nature, and speaks to the reader as if he/she is a friend receiving a casual lecture on the subject in person. I admit, my bias towards Mr De Botton might become clearer upon mentioning how much I enjoy his YouTube channel The School of Life (seriously scope it out, it's amazing) and his pretty calming accent / demeanour. You really can't not read this book in his voice, after listening to him ramble about famous philosophers for hours online.

Neither is the topic in question off putting. I knew nothing about Proust before reading this novel, and yet found no obstacle presented to me in the form of prior understanding being needed when opening the first page. Alain has simply taken many multifaceted topics about life and then laid out what Proust thought about them. He also raises topics that we may never have thought of before, but Proust had. Moreover, he balances each topic well by refusing to deify Proust (pretty hard to avoid with a title like this book has) and is quite critical of his shortcomings and slight hypocrisy on certain subjects.

Yet, the real issue at hand is how, on a personal level, so little of what has been picked from Prousts brain by De Botton actually appeals to me. Because of this fact, it's quite hard to give this book anymore than three stars (earning three in the first place because of the above qualities mentioned). I found myself struggling to connect with the opinions of a man who was born in the early 19th century, lived a fairly upper class life and spent much of his time in the small (no less beautiful and interesting) part of the world he was born into.

I must emphasise that I did not make these judgements before opening the book. I have found great pleasure and knowledge reading from people who have come from a plethora of different backgrounds. Neither am I criticising the work or Proust himself. I do not doubt for a moment that In Search of Lost Time is a masterpiece, and I look forward to reading it as soon as time permits.

It is only a symptom of a larger problem I feel we may posses when looking back on the past. We feel the ideas of some great Authors, Philosophers and Artists hold the keys to understanding life in some great unknown fashion. And in some ways they DO present wonderful, inspiring and great thoughts / advise for us to mull over. I only feel that if we were to look deeper at the people themselves (especially considering the more hardline thoughts about life some of them have presented) - the environment they grew up in, their surroundings and more - we would find that quite a few of them only represented a small part of the society they grew up in. Even if we were to apply the typical "they were a product of their time" to the equation, we would still have to hold their bolder claims under a microscope just as equally with the above suggested scrutiny. Avoiding interchangeable bias when using this phrase is incredibly important, something we tend to do when our favourite intellectuals come under attack. Shouting about their innocence due to them being born at a certain stage of history doesn't exempt their most strong opinions on life being compared to the social environment they were surrounded by.

I found this problem with Prousts opinions on love in this book. For me, some of it contained some very archaic views on the workings of a woman's mind and I found it to be completely bizarre. Again, we might apply the "but he's a product..." to this point, but it's an argument that falls short due to the fact we don't mind holding up Prousts other thoughts on life high in the air and applying them to our daily lives now in the 21st century. The fact that his thoughts on love DID make the book shows De Botton thinks they're worth the time of humans living in the 21st century. I could go on, but I feel I need only paste this problem onto other subjects in the book to get my point across.

As such, I think I can confirm to myself that reading books that suggest one persons thoughts on many different subjects on life can somehow change mine are useless. I adore biographies and peering into another's life throughout history, almost as much as I love reading the great novels written by individuals who may very well have fit the criteria I just mentioned Proust came from. Just because someone was born into a small sliver of society doesn't mean they have nothing to say of importance at all. I'm eternally grateful that ancient Greek philosophers were given the education available at the time to come up with some great thoughts on life (even though living as a farmer at the time I may [emphasises on may] have struggled to accept someone from a higher part of society giving me lectures on how I should consider existence).

However, it did hinder me from enjoying this book and I would actively encourage people to analyse where, when, which, and what society people we would assume to worship come from. At least before starting to read into their work. This way I feel you will be able to read critically, and take only what you feel applies to today, and not 200 years ago.
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July 8, 2015
Marcel Proust was not built for speed. His health was poor due in large part to a severe asthmatic condition he developed as a child and struggled with throughout his maturity. While this did not prevent him from serving a year in the French army and, later, pursuing an active social life among a wide circle of friends, his physical exertions were few and his constitution so fearfully unreliable that he judged himself unable to engage in the practice of a standard profession. A brilliant mind, however, does not rest. His magnum opus, In Search of Lost Time, was written from bed.

It is perhaps because so much of Proust's life was spent being still that he grew increasingly aware of the cost of haste. More than the external frenzy of existence disturbed him. Critical, and closer to the crux of the problem as he saw it, was the way so many people were racing through the experience of living. The quick thought, the short-handed perception, the abbreviated communication, the borrowed expectation; all the internal, incremental penalties that were unknowingly exacted and served to buffer an individual from the act of consciously being. How much meaning was missed? How much appreciation denied? Alain de Botton, in this slim and seductively astute piece of work, takes his stab at a remedy.

It is perspective that de Botton is addressing through the use of Proust; his work, his letters, anecdotes about him, his personal habits and vices. It is perspective that de Botton asserts is at the root of so many of our frustrations and dissatisfactions. Proust, in his estimation, has something to teach us with regard to our view of the world and our place within it. And de Botton is, on many levels, absolutely right.

Here is a dish for the artistic soul, and I'm not going to ruin it for you by listing the ingredients. I offer only the following: You do not need to have read Proust's masterpiece to follow de Botton's references. He's clear (and often amusing) in the points he makes. Also, and perhaps most surprising to me, this stands as the best book on the observational pocket that I've read in the last ten years. If you are an artist of any caliber in any medium, de Botton just might confirm enough of your current creative suspicions to reinitialize that frequently-flagging quest for Truth.
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2,936 reviews577 followers
January 1, 2015
This is a wryly humorous book, written with tongue firmly in cheek. The author uses a 鈥楽elf-Help鈥� layout to unveil both a short biography of Proust himself and to incorporate the writer鈥檚 thoughts to show us how to appreciate his work and life in general. There are chapters on how to Love Life, Read for Yourself, Take Your Time, Suffer Successfully, Express Your Emotions, Be a Good Friend, Open Your Eyes, Be Happy in Love and Put Books Down.

Along the way we read of Proust鈥檚 meeting with James Joyce (sadly disappointing), his dislike of noise, his family, how to appreciate the ordinary things in life, his relationship with his mother, his ailments and the importance he placed on friendship. My knowledge of Proust is not great, but I look forward to reading his work and this was suggested to me as a good beginning. Indeed, if you are considering reading Proust鈥檚 work, this is a really good introduction to the man and his writing. Highly recommended and a wonderfully enjoyable read.
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May 3, 2010
An interesting book, with a misleading title. It is NOT about how Proust will change your life. Rather, it is a book exploring various themes in Proust's life and writings, some of which may parallel your own experiences, and some of which might explain some types of behavior. The book is often insightful and clever, but ultimately I was a little disappointed, as the author often opted for superficiality to make his point. This book could have been so much better if it had not been hampered by the need to "live up" to its title.
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