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Multimodal online edition of Combray created automatically out of public-domain resources using scripts from the LARA toolkit. Original French text and English text translation from Gutenberg, French audio from litteratureaudio.
73 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 1913
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Marcel Proust
1,845听books7,145听followersMarcel Proust was a French novelist, best known for his 3000 page masterpiece 脌 la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past or In Search of Lost Time), a pseudo-autobiographical novel told mostly in a stream-of-consciousness style.
Born in the first year of the Third Republic, the young Marcel, like his narrator, was a delicate child from a bourgeois family. He was active in Parisian high society during the 80s and 90s, welcomed in the most fashionable and exclusive salons of his day. However, his position there was also one of an outsider, due to his Jewishness and homosexuality. Towards the end of 1890s Proust began to withdraw more and more from society, and although he was never entirely reclusive, as is sometimes made out, he lapsed more completely into his lifelong tendency to sleep during the day and work at night. He was also plagued with severe asthma, which had troubled him intermittently since childhood, and a terror of his own death, especially in case it should come before his novel had been completed. The first volume, after some difficulty finding a publisher, came out in 1913, and Proust continued to work with an almost inhuman dedication on his masterpiece right up until his death in 1922, at the age of 51.
Today he is widely recognized as one of the greatest authors of the 20th Century, and 脌 la recherche du temps perdu as one of the most dazzling and significant works of literature to be written in modern times.
Born in the first year of the Third Republic, the young Marcel, like his narrator, was a delicate child from a bourgeois family. He was active in Parisian high society during the 80s and 90s, welcomed in the most fashionable and exclusive salons of his day. However, his position there was also one of an outsider, due to his Jewishness and homosexuality. Towards the end of 1890s Proust began to withdraw more and more from society, and although he was never entirely reclusive, as is sometimes made out, he lapsed more completely into his lifelong tendency to sleep during the day and work at night. He was also plagued with severe asthma, which had troubled him intermittently since childhood, and a terror of his own death, especially in case it should come before his novel had been completed. The first volume, after some difficulty finding a publisher, came out in 1913, and Proust continued to work with an almost inhuman dedication on his masterpiece right up until his death in 1922, at the age of 51.
Today he is widely recognized as one of the greatest authors of the 20th Century, and 脌 la recherche du temps perdu as one of the most dazzling and significant works of literature to be written in modern times.
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April 29, 2024
[Original review, Sep 13 2022]
I've been spending a lot of time this year trying to develop ways to build multimodal LARA documents automatically out of public domain internet resources. In principle, as Not told me a while ago, it should be easy. For many classic works of literature, everything you need is already there: the original text, a good English translation, and a high-quality audiobook. You just need to pull them apart and then put the pieces back together again so that the text, audio and translations line up. Surely there can't be much to it?
Not's intuition was spot on, though the details have taken a while to work out and still need considerable tidying up. Basically, my recipe goes like this. You start with the audio and cut it into pieces at silences using the tool. You then take the pieces of audio and send them for processing by . This is far from 100% accurate, but it's good enough that you can write a script which aligns the speech recognition results against the text of the book and matches them quite reliably. Next, you take the source text and the translation, and send them for processing at the site; this cuts the two texts into roughly sentence-length chunks in a way which matches corresponding passages.
The problem is that the two alignments, source/audio and source/target, are not consistent with each other, since silences and sentence-breaks are not at all the same thing. In general, a sentence contains many silences comparable in length to the ones you get at periods. However, the aligments agree well enough that you can in practice take the places where they do agree and use those to create a consistent alignment. Most often, this means that a sentence found by YouAlign corresponds to several silence-delimited audio segments, though sometimes you need more than one YouAlign segment for it to work. For each combined segment, you stick togther all the relevant audio chunks and all the relevant translation chunks, and you're there. There is slightly more to it than the above, but basically it is indeed quite simple: it works because the core resources, Google Cloud Speech to Text and YouAlign, are very good, and you just have to find a way to exploit that power.
Proust's Combray is my first full-scale test of the idea. The original French text and the Scott Moncrieff translation were both downloaded from Gutenberg; the audio, about 8 hours and beautifully recorded by Monique Vincens, comes from . The resulting LARA version is posted , view in Chrome or Firefox. You can use the audio controls to play audio a page at a time or a sentence at a time. Clicking on a pencil icon shows a translation of the previous sentence on the right; clicking on a word shows a concordance of places where that word occurs in the text.
We are writing a paper about this work, due at the end of the month. If you have any feedback, in particular including suggestions for what texts to do next or ideas about how one might use resources like LARA Combray in practice, it will be much appreciated!
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[Update, Sep 17 2022]
Picking up on Th茅odore's recommendation in message #9, I have used the same technique to create a LARA version of Rimbaud's Les po猫tes de sept ans. It's posted . What a great poem! I had not seen it before, thank you Th茅odore. The audio is again from LitteratureAudio, this time by recorded by Alain Degandt.
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[Update, Oct 11 2022]
We have now submitted our paper. In the course of writing it, I went through four texts I'd created using the alignment method, listening to each piece of audio, checking it against the text and translation that the aligner had matched to it, and correcting where it was wrong. This kind of annotation work is common in language technology projects, and in nearly all cases it's painfully dull. But not here! I was amazed to find how much I enjoyed reading Combray in this new way, and how much more I got out of it as I listened to the French audio while flicking my eyes back and forward between the pieces of French text and English translation, which were neatly lined up for me.
There were two things in particular that stood out. First, it's possible to read a good deal more quickly. Proust is a notoriously demanding author; when reading in normal text form I usually feel I've reached my limit after at most 20-25 pages, and can no longer maintain the concentration needed to disentangle the longer sentences. Here, I was supported by the audio and the English translation, and I could read the whole book in two or three days. This exposed all sorts of connections I hadn't noticed before. Second, listening to Monique Vincens reading aloud made me properly aware of how funny Proust is; his irony is often so subtle that I hadn't noticed it, but she does a wonderful job of conveying the humour.
All in all, I felt I was appreciating the book at a different level. I will soon start putting together a LARA version of A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs.
I've been spending a lot of time this year trying to develop ways to build multimodal LARA documents automatically out of public domain internet resources. In principle, as Not told me a while ago, it should be easy. For many classic works of literature, everything you need is already there: the original text, a good English translation, and a high-quality audiobook. You just need to pull them apart and then put the pieces back together again so that the text, audio and translations line up. Surely there can't be much to it?
Not's intuition was spot on, though the details have taken a while to work out and still need considerable tidying up. Basically, my recipe goes like this. You start with the audio and cut it into pieces at silences using the tool. You then take the pieces of audio and send them for processing by . This is far from 100% accurate, but it's good enough that you can write a script which aligns the speech recognition results against the text of the book and matches them quite reliably. Next, you take the source text and the translation, and send them for processing at the site; this cuts the two texts into roughly sentence-length chunks in a way which matches corresponding passages.
The problem is that the two alignments, source/audio and source/target, are not consistent with each other, since silences and sentence-breaks are not at all the same thing. In general, a sentence contains many silences comparable in length to the ones you get at periods. However, the aligments agree well enough that you can in practice take the places where they do agree and use those to create a consistent alignment. Most often, this means that a sentence found by YouAlign corresponds to several silence-delimited audio segments, though sometimes you need more than one YouAlign segment for it to work. For each combined segment, you stick togther all the relevant audio chunks and all the relevant translation chunks, and you're there. There is slightly more to it than the above, but basically it is indeed quite simple: it works because the core resources, Google Cloud Speech to Text and YouAlign, are very good, and you just have to find a way to exploit that power.
Proust's Combray is my first full-scale test of the idea. The original French text and the Scott Moncrieff translation were both downloaded from Gutenberg; the audio, about 8 hours and beautifully recorded by Monique Vincens, comes from . The resulting LARA version is posted , view in Chrome or Firefox. You can use the audio controls to play audio a page at a time or a sentence at a time. Clicking on a pencil icon shows a translation of the previous sentence on the right; clicking on a word shows a concordance of places where that word occurs in the text.
We are writing a paper about this work, due at the end of the month. If you have any feedback, in particular including suggestions for what texts to do next or ideas about how one might use resources like LARA Combray in practice, it will be much appreciated!
_______________________________
[Update, Sep 17 2022]
Picking up on Th茅odore's recommendation in message #9, I have used the same technique to create a LARA version of Rimbaud's Les po猫tes de sept ans. It's posted . What a great poem! I had not seen it before, thank you Th茅odore. The audio is again from LitteratureAudio, this time by recorded by Alain Degandt.
_______________________________
[Update, Oct 11 2022]
We have now submitted our paper. In the course of writing it, I went through four texts I'd created using the alignment method, listening to each piece of audio, checking it against the text and translation that the aligner had matched to it, and correcting where it was wrong. This kind of annotation work is common in language technology projects, and in nearly all cases it's painfully dull. But not here! I was amazed to find how much I enjoyed reading Combray in this new way, and how much more I got out of it as I listened to the French audio while flicking my eyes back and forward between the pieces of French text and English translation, which were neatly lined up for me.
There were two things in particular that stood out. First, it's possible to read a good deal more quickly. Proust is a notoriously demanding author; when reading in normal text form I usually feel I've reached my limit after at most 20-25 pages, and can no longer maintain the concentration needed to disentangle the longer sentences. Here, I was supported by the audio and the English translation, and I could read the whole book in two or three days. This exposed all sorts of connections I hadn't noticed before. Second, listening to Monique Vincens reading aloud made me properly aware of how funny Proust is; his irony is often so subtle that I hadn't noticed it, but she does a wonderful job of conveying the humour.
All in all, I felt I was appreciating the book at a different level. I will soon start putting together a LARA version of A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs.
February 24, 2017
I sincerely enjoyed all of St茅phane Heuet's adaptations of La Recherche into graphic novel format. Combray covers the first half of Du C么t茅 de Chez Swann and is wonderfully illustrated and very faithful to the original text. The only downside is that he didn't finish the entire Recherche!
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January 26, 2015
Even the lesbian scene couldn't save me from being bored to death.
March 3, 2019
脟ok tatl谋 bir 莽izgi romanla geldim. Marcel Proust鈥檜n Swannlar谋n Taraf谋 roman谋n谋n 1.b枚l眉m uyarlamas谋.
脟izim 枚rneklerine instagram adresimden ula艧abilirsiniz ( ig : 1kitap1sokak)
Ben 莽ok keyif ald谋m. Serinin devam谋n谋 da alaca臒谋m mutlaka.
Romanlar谋n谋 okuduktan sonra okuman谋n daha keyifli oldu臒unu d眉艧眉n眉yorum. Sonu莽ta bu bir uyarlama, biraz 枚zeti gibi ve Proust鈥檜n o c眉mlelerinin hissiyat谋n谋n 莽ok 莽ok az谋 var. Benim i莽in g眉zel bir tazeleme oldu. Tavsiye ederim.
脟izim 枚rneklerine instagram adresimden ula艧abilirsiniz ( ig : 1kitap1sokak)
Ben 莽ok keyif ald谋m. Serinin devam谋n谋 da alaca臒谋m mutlaka.
Romanlar谋n谋 okuduktan sonra okuman谋n daha keyifli oldu臒unu d眉艧眉n眉yorum. Sonu莽ta bu bir uyarlama, biraz 枚zeti gibi ve Proust鈥檜n o c眉mlelerinin hissiyat谋n谋n 莽ok 莽ok az谋 var. Benim i莽in g眉zel bir tazeleme oldu. Tavsiye ederim.
May 30, 2020
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賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕夭 賳卮乇 孬丕賱孬 爻倬丕爻诏夭丕乇 亘賵丿.
丿蹖诏乇 丕蹖賳 讴賴 讴蹖賮蹖鬲 趩丕倬 賴賲 亘丕 鬲賵噩賴 亘賴 賯蹖賲鬲 賵丕賯毓丕 亘賴 胤乇夭 毓噩蹖亘蹖 賲賳丕爻亘 丕爻鬲
噩賱丿 爻禺鬲貙 氐賮丨丕鬲 乇賳诏蹖 賵 趩丕倬 鬲乇 賵 鬲賲蹖乇 賱匕鬲 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴賲蹖讴鈥屫ж池臂屬� 丿乇 噩爻鬲噩賵 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 亘夭乇诏爻丕賱丕賳 丿賵 趩賳丿丕賳 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲.
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毓賱蹖乇睾賲 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丕蹖賳 乇賵夭 亘賴 卮丿鬲 丿乇诏蹖乇 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賵 賳賵卮鬲賳 趩賳丿 讴丕乇 賲禺鬲賱賮賲 丕賲丕 亘賴 賲丨囟 亘爻鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘 (鬲賲丕賲 卮丿賳卮)乇賮鬲賲 噩賱丿 亘毓丿蹖 乇丕 亘乇丿丕卮鬲賲 :)
January 2, 2023
"茅l, el que busca, es al mismo tiempo el pa铆s oscuro donde debe buscar y donde todo su bagaje no ha de servirle de nada. 驴Buscar? No solo: crear. Est谩 frente a algo que todav铆a no existe y a lo que solo 茅l puede dar realidad, y luego hacerlo entrar en su luz."
Desde Tales, tal vez antes, se pensaba que "Todo est谩 lleno de vida": hilozo铆smo, como si al aplicar una lente poderosa a una gota de agua pudiese verla bullente de min煤sculos y agitados seres, o al deshacer la mica notar c贸mo sus brillos reflejan microsc贸picas esferas, "electr贸nicas", orbitando sin cesar. Es esta exacerbada atenci贸n a los detalles, a los matices que cobran ante nuestros ojos una nueva, v铆vida luz; este reconocer que una calle, un empedrado o un jard铆n pueden huir, o refugiarse, o sentir, o suplicar, lo que m谩s me atrae, lo que m谩s me arrebata de la escritura de Proust.
Digo lo que m谩s, y es mucho. M谩s all谩 de esa perezosa trama y de esos personajes con sus nimios aconteceres, con sus reacciones y relaciones tantas veces exasperantes que despiertan sin embargo una extra帽铆sima fascinaci贸n, como un entom贸logo con ventana preferente al hormiguero, siempre queda el asombro y el perverso gozo de deambular por sus serpenteantes y sobredimensionados per铆odos gramaticales. Mi franc茅s ya no es el que era, y mi anterior relectura era mucho m谩s cercana en el tiempo a aquella primera vez, en mis diecis茅is a帽os, en que comenc茅 脌 la recherche, pero el encanto no palidece; se mantiene, latiendo quiz谩s como la luz de la tarde en la piedra de los muros que sostienen nuestra existencia, o en el dorso de la nube que nos invita a volar, l脿-bas.
(Esta breve nota viene al deseo de dejar patente mi entera satisfacci贸n -y mi volver a Proust traducido, en la nueva para m铆 y magistral traduci贸n de Mauro Armi帽o- con esta preciosa y muy preciada edici贸n, impresa con mucho mimo en mi querida ciudad natal, en el centenario del fallecimiento del Genio franc茅s.)
"Tanto la parte de M茅s茅glise como la parte de Guermantes siguen estando unidas para m铆 a muchos menudos acontecimientos de aquella que entre todas las diversas vidas paralelas que vivimos es la m谩s abundante en peripecias, la m谩s rica en episodios,"
"puede verme, con gran sorpresa de su parte, olvidado del paseo emprendido o del recorrido obligado, parado all铆, delante del campanario, durante horas, inm贸vil, tratando de recordar, sintiendo en el fondo de m铆 unas tierras reconquistadas al olvido que se desecan y se reconstruyen; y sin duda entonces, y con mayor ansiedad que hace un momento cuando le ped铆a que me informase, sigo buscando mi camino, doblo una calle... pero... es en mi coraz贸n."
""En cancelas muy lejanas unas de otras, unos perros despertados por nuestros pasos solitarios alternaban ladridos como los que a veces todav铆a oigo por la noche, y entre los que debi贸 de ir (cuando en el jard铆n p煤blico de Combray se cre贸 su emplazamiento) a refugiarse el bulevar de la estaci贸n, porque, donde me encuentre, cuando empiezan a sonar y a responderse, vuelvo a verlo, con sus tilos y su acera iluminada por la luna."
"Me parece muy razonable la creencia celta de que las almas de los que hemos perdido est谩n cautivas en alg煤n ser inferior, en un animal, un vegetal, una cosa inanimada, perdidas de hecho para nosotros hasta el d铆a, que para muchos nunca llega, en que resulta que pasamos junto al 谩rbol, entramos en posesi贸n del objeto que constituye su c谩rcel. Entonces se estremecen, nos llaman, y tan pronto como las hemos reconocido, el encantamiento se rompe. Liberadas por nosotros, han vencido a la muerte y vuelven a vivir en nuestra compa帽铆a."
Desde Tales, tal vez antes, se pensaba que "Todo est谩 lleno de vida": hilozo铆smo, como si al aplicar una lente poderosa a una gota de agua pudiese verla bullente de min煤sculos y agitados seres, o al deshacer la mica notar c贸mo sus brillos reflejan microsc贸picas esferas, "electr贸nicas", orbitando sin cesar. Es esta exacerbada atenci贸n a los detalles, a los matices que cobran ante nuestros ojos una nueva, v铆vida luz; este reconocer que una calle, un empedrado o un jard铆n pueden huir, o refugiarse, o sentir, o suplicar, lo que m谩s me atrae, lo que m谩s me arrebata de la escritura de Proust.
Digo lo que m谩s, y es mucho. M谩s all谩 de esa perezosa trama y de esos personajes con sus nimios aconteceres, con sus reacciones y relaciones tantas veces exasperantes que despiertan sin embargo una extra帽铆sima fascinaci贸n, como un entom贸logo con ventana preferente al hormiguero, siempre queda el asombro y el perverso gozo de deambular por sus serpenteantes y sobredimensionados per铆odos gramaticales. Mi franc茅s ya no es el que era, y mi anterior relectura era mucho m谩s cercana en el tiempo a aquella primera vez, en mis diecis茅is a帽os, en que comenc茅 脌 la recherche, pero el encanto no palidece; se mantiene, latiendo quiz谩s como la luz de la tarde en la piedra de los muros que sostienen nuestra existencia, o en el dorso de la nube que nos invita a volar, l脿-bas.
(Esta breve nota viene al deseo de dejar patente mi entera satisfacci贸n -y mi volver a Proust traducido, en la nueva para m铆 y magistral traduci贸n de Mauro Armi帽o- con esta preciosa y muy preciada edici贸n, impresa con mucho mimo en mi querida ciudad natal, en el centenario del fallecimiento del Genio franc茅s.)
"Tanto la parte de M茅s茅glise como la parte de Guermantes siguen estando unidas para m铆 a muchos menudos acontecimientos de aquella que entre todas las diversas vidas paralelas que vivimos es la m谩s abundante en peripecias, la m谩s rica en episodios,"
"puede verme, con gran sorpresa de su parte, olvidado del paseo emprendido o del recorrido obligado, parado all铆, delante del campanario, durante horas, inm贸vil, tratando de recordar, sintiendo en el fondo de m铆 unas tierras reconquistadas al olvido que se desecan y se reconstruyen; y sin duda entonces, y con mayor ansiedad que hace un momento cuando le ped铆a que me informase, sigo buscando mi camino, doblo una calle... pero... es en mi coraz贸n."
""En cancelas muy lejanas unas de otras, unos perros despertados por nuestros pasos solitarios alternaban ladridos como los que a veces todav铆a oigo por la noche, y entre los que debi贸 de ir (cuando en el jard铆n p煤blico de Combray se cre贸 su emplazamiento) a refugiarse el bulevar de la estaci贸n, porque, donde me encuentre, cuando empiezan a sonar y a responderse, vuelvo a verlo, con sus tilos y su acera iluminada por la luna."
"Me parece muy razonable la creencia celta de que las almas de los que hemos perdido est谩n cautivas en alg煤n ser inferior, en un animal, un vegetal, una cosa inanimada, perdidas de hecho para nosotros hasta el d铆a, que para muchos nunca llega, en que resulta que pasamos junto al 谩rbol, entramos en posesi贸n del objeto que constituye su c谩rcel. Entonces se estremecen, nos llaman, y tan pronto como las hemos reconocido, el encantamiento se rompe. Liberadas por nosotros, han vencido a la muerte y vuelven a vivir en nuestra compa帽铆a."
May 10, 2024
This adaptation does not shy away from the complexities of the original, but makes them more endurable. I wondered, completing this volume, if now I have read more Proust then ever before? Perhaps this series of volumes will be all of Proust I can endure.
I am one of those strange readers who love reading about Proust, but have never read that much of his work. I chip away at it, but never get that far. If I'm ever stranded on a desert island, with only Proust to read, I'm sure I'll really get into it.
I am one of those strange readers who love reading about Proust, but have never read that much of his work. I chip away at it, but never get that far. If I'm ever stranded on a desert island, with only Proust to read, I'm sure I'll really get into it.
May 18, 2019
Harika bir deneyimdi. 陌lustrasyonlar harika. Roza Hakmen'in 莽evirisine zaten diyecek yok. 脰te yandan madlen'in nas谋l bir 艧ey oldu臒unu az 莽ok tahmin ediyordum ama g枚rsel a莽谋dan 艧ahit olmas谋 daha g眉zeldi. St茅phane Heuet muazzam bir i艧 莽谋kartm谋艧. Yap谋 Kredi Yay谋nlar谋'na, Roza Hakmen'e, St茅phane Heuet'e ve M. Proust'a derin te艧ekk眉rle...
September 28, 2013
Da postoji ocjena manja od 1, vjerovatno bih nju iskoristila...
Previ拧e opisivanja, previ拧e nepotrebnih re膷enica, previ拧e besmislenih re膷enica... ova knjiga definitivno spada u top 3 najgore koje sam morala pro膷itati. Nadam se da je ovo bio zadnji put da se s njome susre膰em.
Previ拧e opisivanja, previ拧e nepotrebnih re膷enica, previ拧e besmislenih re膷enica... ova knjiga definitivno spada u top 3 najgore koje sam morala pro膷itati. Nadam se da je ovo bio zadnji put da se s njome susre膰em.
January 24, 2024
T盲st盲 alkaa Marcel Proustin mittava romaanikokonaisuus, joka kattaa suomeksi kymmenen osaa. Luettavaa siis riitt盲盲, vaikka romaani j盲盲kin lopulta kesken Proustin kuoltua ennen sarjan lopullista julkaisua. L盲ht枚kohtaisesti t盲m盲 on niit盲 luku-urakoita, joiden j盲rkevyytt盲 sopii kyseenalaistaa. Itsekin vastustelin pitk盲盲n, mutta riitt盲v盲sti kehuja vakavasti otettavilta tahoilta kuultuani p盲盲tin tarttua t盲h盲n klassikkoon.
Kaikki kirjallisuudenharrastajat varmasti tiet盲v盲t t盲st盲 sen i盲nikuisen madeleine-leivoksen, mutta v盲ltt盲m盲tt盲 kovin paljon pidemm盲lle tiet盲mys kirjasarjasta ei sitten ulotukaan. Juonesta puhuminen on ainakin t盲m盲n ensimm盲isen osan kohdalla merkitykset枚nt盲; t盲m盲 ei ole mik盲盲n juoniromaani. Sen sijaan Proust kuvaa toisaalta tietty盲 vuosisadan vaihteen ranskalaista porvarillista el盲m盲ntapaa ja toisaalta muistia ja muistamista.
Tyylilt盲盲n teos on eritt盲in polveileva ja pitk盲virkkeinen. Kappaleet ovat pitk盲hk枚j盲, eik盲 teksti盲 ole juuri jaettu lukuihin. Proust kuvailee v盲rikk盲盲sti ja esittelee niin lavean joukon Combrayn asukkaita, ett盲 lukijalla on kovasti tekemist盲 siin盲, ett盲 muistaa kuka kukin on. Kerronta my枚s vaeltaa aikatasolta toiselle kovin notkeasti.
Mik盲 t盲ss盲 sitten on kiinnostavaa? Proust kirjoittaa ihastuttavasti, oli kyse sitten niinkin latteasta asiasta kuin parsan sy枚misen seurauksista:
T盲st盲 teoksesta on luonnollisesti kirjoitettu hyllymetreitt盲in analyysi盲. Suosittelen syvent盲m盲盲n lukukokemusta joillain ulkopuolisilla huomioilla, sill盲 ne voivat nostaa esiin kiinnostavia yksityiskohtia, joita itse ei huomannut. Hyvi盲 suosituksia ei viel盲 t盲ss盲 kohtaa ole antaa, mutta kenties my枚hemmin.
Pirkko Peltosen ja Helvi Nurmisen suomennos on jo kovin i盲k盲s, vuodelta 1968, ja se n盲kyy kyll盲. Isoin 盲rsytyksen aihe on s盲盲nn枚nmukainen tapa kirjoittaa nimet v盲liviivatta, siis 鈥滾eonie t盲ti鈥�. Tietty vanhanaikaisuus tyyliss盲 toki Proustin tekstiin istuu. Pontus Purokuru kommentoi Selit盲 mulle -podcastissaan (Purokurun Proust-jaksot olivat minulle yksi viimeisist盲 arkunnauloista), ett盲 varsinkin t盲m盲 ensimm盲inen osa on paikoin heikosti suomennettu. Jotain k枚mpelyyksi盲 noteerasinkin, mutta eiv盲t ne lukemista est盲neet. T盲h盲n uuteen painokseen olisi kyll盲 siet盲nyt viel盲 oikolukea ja korjailla ly枚ntivirheet.
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I embarked on Marcel Proust's extensive ten-part novel series in Finnish, undeterred by its incomplete publication due to Proust's death. Despite initial scepticism, I succumbed to the praise from credible sources and ventured into this literary classic. Proust's work, known for the everlasting madeleine pastry, goes beyond a traditional plot, instead vividly portraying the bourgeois life in turn-of-the-century France and delving into the intricacies of memory.
Stylistically, the novel is characterized by its meandering and lengthy sentences, with minimal chapter divisions. Proust introduces a diverse array of Combray residents, challenging readers to keep track of each character amidst the fluid narrative that effortlessly traverses different time frames. Despite the lack of a conventional plot, the allure lies in Proust's enchanting prose, where even the most mundane topics, like the consequences of eating asparagus, are described in a poetic and captivating manner.
The work has garnered extensive analysis, prompting a recommendation to supplement the reading experience with external insights to uncover hidden nuances. Though showing signs of age, the 1968 Finnish translation by Pirkko Peltonen and Helvi Nurminen did not significantly impede the reading experience. However, this new edition could benefit from a final proofread to address typographical errors and enhance overall readability.
Kaikki kirjallisuudenharrastajat varmasti tiet盲v盲t t盲st盲 sen i盲nikuisen madeleine-leivoksen, mutta v盲ltt盲m盲tt盲 kovin paljon pidemm盲lle tiet盲mys kirjasarjasta ei sitten ulotukaan. Juonesta puhuminen on ainakin t盲m盲n ensimm盲isen osan kohdalla merkitykset枚nt盲; t盲m盲 ei ole mik盲盲n juoniromaani. Sen sijaan Proust kuvaa toisaalta tietty盲 vuosisadan vaihteen ranskalaista porvarillista el盲m盲ntapaa ja toisaalta muistia ja muistamista.
Tyylilt盲盲n teos on eritt盲in polveileva ja pitk盲virkkeinen. Kappaleet ovat pitk盲hk枚j盲, eik盲 teksti盲 ole juuri jaettu lukuihin. Proust kuvailee v盲rikk盲盲sti ja esittelee niin lavean joukon Combrayn asukkaita, ett盲 lukijalla on kovasti tekemist盲 siin盲, ett盲 muistaa kuka kukin on. Kerronta my枚s vaeltaa aikatasolta toiselle kovin notkeasti.
Mik盲 t盲ss盲 sitten on kiinnostavaa? Proust kirjoittaa ihastuttavasti, oli kyse sitten niinkin latteasta asiasta kuin parsan sy枚misen seurauksista:
Minusta tuntui, ett盲 n盲m盲 taivaalliset v盲ris盲vyt paljastivat viehke盲t olennot, jotka olivat huvikseen muuttuneet vihanneksiksi ja jotka sy枚t盲v盲ksi tarkoitetun ja kiinte盲n valeruumiinsa l盲pi antoivat aamuruskosta syntyvien v盲riens盲, sateenkaareen v盲ikkeittens盲 ja haipuvan illan sinens盲 takaa aavistaa kallisarvoisen elinnesteens盲, jonka min盲 tunnistin viel盲 koko seuraavan y枚n ajan, kun ne runollisia ja karkeita leikkej盲盲n leikkiess盲盲n, kuin jossakin Shakespearen satun盲ytelm盲ss盲 muuttivat minun y枚astiani tuoksuvaksi maljaksi.
T盲st盲 teoksesta on luonnollisesti kirjoitettu hyllymetreitt盲in analyysi盲. Suosittelen syvent盲m盲盲n lukukokemusta joillain ulkopuolisilla huomioilla, sill盲 ne voivat nostaa esiin kiinnostavia yksityiskohtia, joita itse ei huomannut. Hyvi盲 suosituksia ei viel盲 t盲ss盲 kohtaa ole antaa, mutta kenties my枚hemmin.
Pirkko Peltosen ja Helvi Nurmisen suomennos on jo kovin i盲k盲s, vuodelta 1968, ja se n盲kyy kyll盲. Isoin 盲rsytyksen aihe on s盲盲nn枚nmukainen tapa kirjoittaa nimet v盲liviivatta, siis 鈥滾eonie t盲ti鈥�. Tietty vanhanaikaisuus tyyliss盲 toki Proustin tekstiin istuu. Pontus Purokuru kommentoi Selit盲 mulle -podcastissaan (Purokurun Proust-jaksot olivat minulle yksi viimeisist盲 arkunnauloista), ett盲 varsinkin t盲m盲 ensimm盲inen osa on paikoin heikosti suomennettu. Jotain k枚mpelyyksi盲 noteerasinkin, mutta eiv盲t ne lukemista est盲neet. T盲h盲n uuteen painokseen olisi kyll盲 siet盲nyt viel盲 oikolukea ja korjailla ly枚ntivirheet.
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I embarked on Marcel Proust's extensive ten-part novel series in Finnish, undeterred by its incomplete publication due to Proust's death. Despite initial scepticism, I succumbed to the praise from credible sources and ventured into this literary classic. Proust's work, known for the everlasting madeleine pastry, goes beyond a traditional plot, instead vividly portraying the bourgeois life in turn-of-the-century France and delving into the intricacies of memory.
Stylistically, the novel is characterized by its meandering and lengthy sentences, with minimal chapter divisions. Proust introduces a diverse array of Combray residents, challenging readers to keep track of each character amidst the fluid narrative that effortlessly traverses different time frames. Despite the lack of a conventional plot, the allure lies in Proust's enchanting prose, where even the most mundane topics, like the consequences of eating asparagus, are described in a poetic and captivating manner.
The work has garnered extensive analysis, prompting a recommendation to supplement the reading experience with external insights to uncover hidden nuances. Though showing signs of age, the 1968 Finnish translation by Pirkko Peltonen and Helvi Nurminen did not significantly impede the reading experience. However, this new edition could benefit from a final proofread to address typographical errors and enhance overall readability.
December 3, 2023
Ha costat esfor莽os mantenir la lectura al nivell d鈥檈xig猫ncia del llibre. 脡s preci贸s i ric en idees, imatges, met脿fores, descripcions i matisos; i ho preserva de manera intacta aquesta, la millor traducci贸 鈥搒egons l鈥橭t鈥� que en tenim. 脡s nom茅s el primer de 14 (!) volums, que anir茅 llegint, amb sort, al llarg dels anys, per貌 hi ha idees molt s貌lides sobre la vida, l鈥檌ndividu, la natura, la fam铆lia i la tradici贸 que he admirat pel ritme amb qu猫 presenta, desglossa i remata cadascun dels temes. M鈥檋a impressionat aix貌 que resumeixo quan diu que l鈥檃rt 茅s la vida, 茅s la destil路laci贸 de la tradici贸 i la natura imaginades al cap de l鈥檃rtista. Tinc apuntat que per con猫ixer les coses hem de resseguir-ne l鈥檈ntorn (pel cant贸 de Swann, pel cant贸 de Guermantes). Tamb茅 m鈥檃grada molt com insisteix en la for莽a de suggerir, m茅s que la d鈥檈xecutar. I suposo que ja en parlar脿 a 鈥淪odoma i Gomorra鈥�, per貌 est脿 clar铆ssim que l鈥檃utor 茅s un pervertit i sembla que en aquesta primera part fa esfor莽os per admetre i reconciliar-se amb aquesta faceta. Evidentment 茅s un dels grans llibres de la hist貌ria i no us el descobreixo, per貌 l鈥檋e descobert per a mi i m鈥檋a agradat m茅s que no pensava. Recomanat si esteu avorrits i us ve de gust, especialment fa de bon llegir amb la panxa plena.
November 1, 2021
Adaptaci贸n gr谩fica del primer tomo de la obra "que todo el mundo querr铆a haber le铆do sin haber le铆do". Simplificaciones aparte (necesarias por la naturaleza de esta edici贸n) me parece es una buena introducci贸n a esta obra esencial. El arte es muy bueno, y vale la pena dedicarle tanto tiempo a la atenci贸n de los detalles como al disfrute de la lectura.
... hace m谩s de 30 a帽os que le铆 esta novela en su versi贸n "de puras letras", y fue muy agradable ir recordando, a la manera del famoso pasaje de la magdalena mojada en t茅 que aqu铆 se narra, el texto le铆do. En aquella ocasi贸n no llegu茅 m谩s all谩 de la primera parte de ese Everest que es En busca del tiempo perdido, pero estos tomos sin duda son el pretexto perfecto para abordar despu茅s la obra completa.
... hace m谩s de 30 a帽os que le铆 esta novela en su versi贸n "de puras letras", y fue muy agradable ir recordando, a la manera del famoso pasaje de la magdalena mojada en t茅 que aqu铆 se narra, el texto le铆do. En aquella ocasi贸n no llegu茅 m谩s all谩 de la primera parte de ese Everest que es En busca del tiempo perdido, pero estos tomos sin duda son el pretexto perfecto para abordar despu茅s la obra completa.
July 31, 2019
"I per aix貌 va ser pel cant贸 de Guermantes que vaig aprendre a distingir aquests estats que se succeeixen en mi, durant certs per铆odes, i que fins i tot s'alternen cada dia, l'un fent fora l'altre, amb la puntualitat de la febre; contigus, per貌 tan exteriors l'un respecte de l'altre, tan desprove茂ts de mitjans de comunicaci贸 entre si, que no puc comprendre, ni tan sols representar-me en l'un all贸 que he desitjat, o temut, o acomplert en l'altre".
June 27, 2022
Lukeminen tuntui tarkkaan, kauniisti ja viisastuneesti mutta edelleen el盲ytyen lapsuuden muistamiselta. Hyvi盲 yleisp盲tev盲mpi盲kin avainkokemuksia: mielen teoria monin paikoin mutta etenkin s. 192, oman el盲myksen eroaminen karvaasti muiden kokemuksesta, kun vastaantulija murjottaa eik盲 ihaile k盲velyilmaa tai vanhemmat s盲ttiv盲t tyhj盲np盲iv盲isest盲 vastineeksi ylitsevuotavasta hellyydest盲. Lis盲ksi sivulla 150 loistavasti kuvattu tapetun kanan ja kokatun kanan v盲lisen yhteyden muodostumisen tuska ja my枚nnytys. Ravistelee tarkkaan taltioitu sukulaisten reppanuus ja perhe-el盲m盲n koreografia h盲peilem盲tt枚m盲ss盲 yhdentekevyydess盲盲n, jotka j盲lkikatsonnassa ovat kuolevalle kirjailijalle vimmaisen muistamisen arvoisia. Madeleine-kohtaus on kaiken hehkutuksen v盲盲rti siin盲 m盲盲rin, ett盲 olen n盲in l盲hell盲 l盲hd枚ss盲 hakemaan erikoispelli盲 leivontaliikkeest盲
November 14, 2023
1/14
Ens ho prendrem amb calma. Aix貌 茅s massa gros.
Ens ho prendrem amb calma. Aix貌 茅s massa gros.
September 18, 2017
Jako je te拧ko re膰i 拧to mislim o ovoj knjizi. Nisam osoba od ogromne koncentracije pa mi je ponekad bilo vrlo te拧ko pratiti, pogotovo ako bi bila u autobusu, gdje sam zapravo pro膷itala veliku ve膰inu ove knjige. U po膷etku mi se nije svidjela. Smatrala sam radnju dosadnom a klinca napornim. No 膷im je pro拧ao taj prvi presudni dio o pla膷ljivom klincu, zaljubila sam se u likove. Iako radnje zapravo i nema, Proust se toliko fokusira na psiholo拧ku karakterizaciju, na pona拧anja, navike i obi膷aje ljudi tog vremena, da su me oni sami zainteresirali.
S opisima je naravno pretjerivao, jer eto, tako se valjda mora, ali prestali su mi smetati pa sam 膷ak i u ve膰ini u啪ivala. Zapravo mi je drago da je ovo lektira, jer ne vjerujem da bi ju sama uzela u ruke, a ugodno me iznenadila.
S opisima je naravno pretjerivao, jer eto, tako se valjda mora, ali prestali su mi smetati pa sam 膷ak i u ve膰ini u啪ivala. Zapravo mi je drago da je ovo lektira, jer ne vjerujem da bi ju sama uzela u ruke, a ugodno me iznenadila.
February 21, 2014
This book is just a part of a bigger book and that's why I didn't like it. It's just a introduction with too much characters and descriptions that need to be fit into something but aren't. I didn't know when I was in the past and when in the present. Another thing I have to mention is that the author changes his toughts so quickly that you can't remember what you read two pages before. And the last thing that I didn't like was the main character, he was so annoying and I couldn't understand him at all. But this is just my opinion :/
December 28, 2009
The celebrated beginning is easier to read if you allow it to be the dream it is. Let what scintillates sparkle like the dew and sink yourself in the smell of the sacred chestnuts. This is life a century ago in another country and you are to have it transferred to your mind through impressions, which happens easily if you just don't bear down. Go easily. Don't focus on the length or the complications, just imbibe. It is delightful!!
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March 22, 2013"Ali kad od neke davne pro拧losti, poslije smrti bi膰a, poslije razorenja stvari, vi拧e nema ni膷ega, tad jo拧 uvijek ostaju samo miris i okus; premda su nje啪niji, ipak imaju vi拧e 啪ivotne snage, manje su tvarni, ali postojaniji, vjerniji, pa 啪ive du啪e, kao da su du拧e, 膷uvaju u sebi sje膰anje, o膷ekivanje i nadu, i kraj ru拧evina svega drugoga, na svojim sitnim, jedva zamjetljivim kapljicama, nepokolebljivo nose cijelu golemu zgradu uspomena."
July 4, 2021
Wat een prachtige worsteling. Ben ik hier echt aan begonnen?!
April 20, 2025
Marcel Proustin klassikkosarjan 鈥滽adonnutta aikaa etsim盲ss盲鈥� ensimm盲isess盲 osassa vuodelta 1913 l盲hdet盲盲n liikkeelle t盲m盲n kirjailijan urasta haaveilevan pikkupojan varhaisista vuosista Ranskan Combrayss盲 (Illiers).
Lapsuuden aikaisia tapahtumia tarkastellaan varakkaiden isovanhempien huvilalta k盲sin, ja Marcelin vanhemmat tiet盲v盲t kuuluvansa parempaan porukkaan, joten liian brutaalit paikalliset ik盲toverit kiellet盲盲n kokonaan. Marcelin ainoiksi yst盲v盲ksi j盲盲v盲tkin t盲ten valtavan kirjaston klassikot, ja h盲n seurusteleekin p盲iv盲t pitk盲t teosten fiktiivisten sankareiden kanssa uneksien paremmasta tulevaisuudesta.
Maailmankuulu kirjallisuuden klassikko Proustista kehkeytyikin, mutta h盲nen el盲m盲nkertansa j盲i kesken, ja osa sarjan teoksista julkaistiin postuumisti. Nykylukijaa voi vieh盲tt盲盲 edelleenkin pikkutarkka tajunnanvirtatekniikka, muistin ja muistojen osuus ihmisyksil枚n kehittymisess盲 omalla polullaan. Samantapaiseen viipyilev盲盲n menneisyyden otteeseen on moni suomalainenkin kirjailija uppoutunut ihan Oscar Parlandista ja miksei Kalle P盲盲talostakin l盲htien.
T盲ss盲 teoksessa kuultaa vahvana vanhempien poroporvarillinen arvomaailma taustalla, ja kun pojalta kiellettiin paikalliset kaverit, ja my枚s kirjallisuuden suhteen k盲ytettiin melko lailla ankaraa sensuuria. Swannista Marcel saa jonkinlaisen yst盲v盲n, mutta perheen tukahduttava ilmapiiri tekee pojasta omien muistojen perusteella ahdistuneen ja umpimielisen uneksujan, joka j盲lkik盲teen diagnosoi itselleen masennuksen jo el盲m盲ns盲 varhaisina vuosina.
Marcel-pojalla murheita riitt盲盲, kun sisko paljastuu lesboksi, mik盲 j盲rkytt盲盲 koko perhett盲, ja is盲nkin elinvoima hiipuu t盲llaisen n枚yryytyksen koettuaan. Vastoink盲ymiset seuraavat toisiaan, kun vuoroin valveilla tai horrostilassa kuljetaan Guermantes鈥檔 raitilla kohti kirjasarjan seuraavaa osaa ja ik盲vuosia鈥�
Lapsuuden aikaisia tapahtumia tarkastellaan varakkaiden isovanhempien huvilalta k盲sin, ja Marcelin vanhemmat tiet盲v盲t kuuluvansa parempaan porukkaan, joten liian brutaalit paikalliset ik盲toverit kiellet盲盲n kokonaan. Marcelin ainoiksi yst盲v盲ksi j盲盲v盲tkin t盲ten valtavan kirjaston klassikot, ja h盲n seurusteleekin p盲iv盲t pitk盲t teosten fiktiivisten sankareiden kanssa uneksien paremmasta tulevaisuudesta.
Maailmankuulu kirjallisuuden klassikko Proustista kehkeytyikin, mutta h盲nen el盲m盲nkertansa j盲i kesken, ja osa sarjan teoksista julkaistiin postuumisti. Nykylukijaa voi vieh盲tt盲盲 edelleenkin pikkutarkka tajunnanvirtatekniikka, muistin ja muistojen osuus ihmisyksil枚n kehittymisess盲 omalla polullaan. Samantapaiseen viipyilev盲盲n menneisyyden otteeseen on moni suomalainenkin kirjailija uppoutunut ihan Oscar Parlandista ja miksei Kalle P盲盲talostakin l盲htien.
T盲ss盲 teoksessa kuultaa vahvana vanhempien poroporvarillinen arvomaailma taustalla, ja kun pojalta kiellettiin paikalliset kaverit, ja my枚s kirjallisuuden suhteen k盲ytettiin melko lailla ankaraa sensuuria. Swannista Marcel saa jonkinlaisen yst盲v盲n, mutta perheen tukahduttava ilmapiiri tekee pojasta omien muistojen perusteella ahdistuneen ja umpimielisen uneksujan, joka j盲lkik盲teen diagnosoi itselleen masennuksen jo el盲m盲ns盲 varhaisina vuosina.
Marcel-pojalla murheita riitt盲盲, kun sisko paljastuu lesboksi, mik盲 j盲rkytt盲盲 koko perhett盲, ja is盲nkin elinvoima hiipuu t盲llaisen n枚yryytyksen koettuaan. Vastoink盲ymiset seuraavat toisiaan, kun vuoroin valveilla tai horrostilassa kuljetaan Guermantes鈥檔 raitilla kohti kirjasarjan seuraavaa osaa ja ik盲vuosia鈥�
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June 23, 2024En盲盲 yhdeks盲n osaa j盲ljell盲. Sen j盲lkeen pit盲is olla kadotettu aika l枚ydetty. Tai ainakin aikaa kadotettu. T盲盲 on kuitenkin tosi mielenkiintonen luettava ihan jo rakenteensa takia, kun on kirjoitettu ik盲盲n kuin yhdeksi luvuksi. Ensimm盲inen (ja viimeinen) luvunvaihto tulee jossain 40 sivun paikkeilla ja loput 200 on sit yht盲 putkea, mut se ei oikeastaan haittaa vaan p盲invastoin tekee siit盲 omituisen koukuttavan muistojen ja jatkuvan kuvailun virran mihin on tosi helppo antautua. En tii盲 miten poikkeaa ranskan- tai englanninkielisest盲 rytmityksest盲, kun suomennettuna t盲盲 on julkaistu jostain syyst盲 kymmeness盲 osassa ja alkuper盲isen盲 k盲sitt盲盲kseni seitsem盲ss盲. Tosi kaunis kirja kielelt盲盲n ja sis盲ll枚lt盲盲n, mutta saa n盲hd盲 mik盲 on fiilis kun kaikki ~4000 sivua on joskus ehk盲 luettu. T盲ll盲 hetkell盲 ainakin kiinnostaa jatkaa 鈥� ei niink盲盲n siksi ett盲 kutkuttaisi tiet盲盲 mit盲 tulee tapahtumaan, vaan koska tuon lukeminen itsess盲盲n oli niin miellytt盲v盲盲.
August 26, 2024
茅s perfecte
October 14, 2024
Club de lectura 鈥淐l脿ssics鈥�. M鈥檋a costat molt de seguir, perqu猫 en realitat no passa gran cosa. S贸n les reflexions, impressions i descripcions de la infantesa del protagonista. Un ploma magn铆fica que requereix una lectura molt lenta.
November 28, 2023
Aquest llibre m鈥檋a ocupat bastant m茅s temps del que pensava en un inici. La lectura 茅s m茅s lenta de l鈥檋abitual (almenys en el meu cas) ja que t茅 unes formes de fer les frases que si no est脿s atenta t鈥檋i perds.
I no fot punts!! O sigui fa frases com de cinc l铆nies fotent moltes comes. Aix貌 m鈥檈stressava una mica al principi fins que m鈥檋i vaig acostumar.
Ah i no t茅 cap铆tols xd
Tot i aix貌, m鈥檋a agradat bastant. S贸n els pensaments del prota quan est脿 en la joventut.
Tinc ganes de seguir.
I no fot punts!! O sigui fa frases com de cinc l铆nies fotent moltes comes. Aix貌 m鈥檈stressava una mica al principi fins que m鈥檋i vaig acostumar.
Ah i no t茅 cap铆tols xd
Tot i aix貌, m鈥檋a agradat bastant. S贸n els pensaments del prota quan est脿 en la joventut.
Tinc ganes de seguir.
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July 22, 2024s. 188: 鈥滿utta mit盲 siit盲 vaikka satoi, mit盲 siit盲 vaikka pauhasi ukkonen! Kes盲ll盲 ruma ilma on vain alla kytev盲n, pysyv盲n kauniin ilman ohimenev盲盲, pinnallista huonoa tuulta; p盲invastoin kuin talvinen kaunis ilma, joka on ep盲vakainen ja vaihtuvainen, t盲m盲 on juurtunut maahan, kiinteytynyt tiheiksi lehvist枚iksi, joihin sade voi valua mielin m盲盲rin ilman ett盲 niiden kest盲v盲n ilon vastarinta murtuu, ja koko kes盲ksi, kaupungin kaduille, talojen ja puutarhojen muureille se on kohottanut violetit tai valkeat silkkilippunsa. Min盲 istuin pieness盲 salissa lueskellen, ruoka-aikaa odottaen ja kuulin veden tippuvan kastanjapuistamme, mutta min盲 tiesin, ett盲 rankkasade vain kiillottaisi niiden lehdet ja ett盲 ne lupasivat olla paikoillaan kuin kes盲n panttina koko sateisen y枚n, kauniin ilman tuloa vahvistamassa; ett盲 vaikka sataisi kuinka [鈥� 鈥擼鈥�
August 5, 2020
T盲m盲 kirja on ansainnut maineensa: se on nerokas, mutta hankala. Polveilevat virkkeet ja ajatuksen siirtyminen hetkess盲 aiheesta ja ajasta toiseen vaativat lukijalta jatkuva keskittymist盲. Proustia ei voi lukea bussimatkalla t枚ihin: t盲m盲 vaatii pidempi盲 lukutuokioita.
Mutta ne pidemm盲t tuokiot ovat palkitsevia. Proust kirkoittaa eritt盲in hyv盲盲 teksti盲. H盲n tosiaan saa her盲tetty盲 lapsuuden Combraynsa eloon ja luo kutkuttavan monis盲ikeisi盲 henkil枚hahmoja. Isot盲din luulosairaus, Fran莽oisen palvova palvelijuus yhdistettyn盲 h盲ijyyteen, Blochin pikkuvanhuus ja suorapuheisuus... Kaikki n盲m盲 hahmot tuntuvat hyvin el盲vilt盲, todellisilta.
T盲st盲 on hyv盲 jatkaa kadonneen ajan etsimist盲.
Mutta ne pidemm盲t tuokiot ovat palkitsevia. Proust kirkoittaa eritt盲in hyv盲盲 teksti盲. H盲n tosiaan saa her盲tetty盲 lapsuuden Combraynsa eloon ja luo kutkuttavan monis盲ikeisi盲 henkil枚hahmoja. Isot盲din luulosairaus, Fran莽oisen palvova palvelijuus yhdistettyn盲 h盲ijyyteen, Blochin pikkuvanhuus ja suorapuheisuus... Kaikki n盲m盲 hahmot tuntuvat hyvin el盲vilt盲, todellisilta.
T盲st盲 on hyv盲 jatkaa kadonneen ajan etsimist盲.
January 25, 2022
Have you ever had so rich chocolate cake that it's overwhelming and just too much? The literary version of a super rich chocolate cake is 脌 la recherche du temps perdu. It's too much and overwhelming and yet it's wonderful. I loved it, but only a couple of eight minute sections at a time.
Erja Manton lukema YLE:n 盲盲nikirja on ihana paria virhett盲 kirjan puoliv盲liss盲 lukuunottamatta. Puoli sivua teksti盲 puuttui osan 32 lopusta ja osan 34 lopusta puuttui pari rivi盲. Luin kirjaa my枚s paperilta pysy盲kseni jyv盲ll盲 nimist盲 ja pitkist盲 monen lauseen virikkeit盲. Silti ehdottomasti vastinetta YLE-verolle.
Erja Manton lukema YLE:n 盲盲nikirja on ihana paria virhett盲 kirjan puoliv盲liss盲 lukuunottamatta. Puoli sivua teksti盲 puuttui osan 32 lopusta ja osan 34 lopusta puuttui pari rivi盲. Luin kirjaa my枚s paperilta pysy盲kseni jyv盲ll盲 nimist盲 ja pitkist盲 monen lauseen virikkeit盲. Silti ehdottomasti vastinetta YLE-verolle.
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