adam's review
The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Marcel Proust
adam's review
The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Marcel Proust
adam's review
rating:
This book has been my least favorite of In Search of Lost Time , mainly because it comprised almost entirely of depicting the French salon society of the Faubourg Saint-Germain. Unless you're really interested in the impact of the Dreyfus affair on Parisian society, you will probably not find this book all that stimulating. That being said, there are some great sections, like the section where Marcel describes the illness and death of his grandmother. Also, the last five pages of the novel are utterly astounding, primarily because there's about 50 pages that build up to a short scene. It's just really cool.
