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Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
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More like a 4.5, but alas some of Swann in Love was boring as hell to me so that's just something that requires a minor demotion. I'm so excited for the next volume. Such a stunning examination of the ephemerality of memory and place, and a very strange, tortured take on love, love that seems to be so filled with vanity and egotism, a masochistic clamoring to be depended on that it's warped beyond traditional repair. All of Combray is stunning. Impressionistic descriptions, art references galore that never implicate pretension, it's all here.
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February 27, 2020
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Mar 04, 2020 11:21PM
Have you read Scott Moncrieff translation? I’m wondering if this goes down easier because I can’t read Scott Moncrieff?
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I read some of the Montcrieff, and I will be using the revised Modern library edition going forward. I think Lydia Davis maintains the stylistic splendor of Proust in French, but adds a bit more accessibility than Montcrieff's. There are some moments where I crossreferenced between the translations and some Montcrieff lines seemed to have such specificity in the diction but didn't seem effectively make sense, but I never felt that issue with Davis'. They both seem great though, both quite stunning, so I would say, yes, it does in fact go down easier, but both seem to serve their purpose well.
