ReemK10 (Paper Pills)’s Comments (group member since Dec 26, 2012)

ReemK10 (Paper Pills)’s comments from the The Year of Reading Proust group.

Book Portrait wrote: "Kalliope wrote: "So, I plan to reread the relevant sections in situ."

*jealous* I hope you're having a great time sans rubber boots on the Piazza San Marco! :D


http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2..."

2008? Shame on you Book Portrait! You had me worried that Kalliope's trip was ruined because of these floods!

@nunya "gonna"? No. Going to? Probably not. Sorry pet peeve.

nunya wrote: "Is this group going to start over in 2014? I want to start proust then."

Hello Nunya. As far as I knnow the threads were supposed to be closed to new comments once this year comes to an end. The archives will be available for people to follow as they go through their own journey of reading Proust. I'm sure that you will find it most helpful to follow the weekly threads as you do your read.You might want to start Jan 1, 2014 and follow our schedule.

Perhaps, a decision will be made for this to grow from the year of reading Proust to the decade of reading, and rereading Proust, and we may continue to read along with you next year. We'll see what happens. Odds are that as soon as we've completed Time Regained, we're going to want to retrace our steps to make sense of it all. I'm glad that you've chosen to read ISOLT. It will be most rewarding for you! Cheers :)

Kalliope wrote: "From my iPod I cannot do the reply thing.

I have already purchased the Mermoires of Adèle d'Osmond. I think I posted this earlier in the thread. She has also come up in an earlier volume and I thi..."

Are you already in Venice Kalliope?



"The Healing of a Madman" (1494) Galleria dell'Academia, Venise
"On the back of one of the compagni della Calza identifiable from the emblem, embroidered in gold and pearls on their sleeves or their collars, of the merry confraternity to which they were affiliated, I had just recognized the cloak which Albertine had put on to come with me to Versailles."
— The Fugitive

This looks familiar. It's been posted before hasn't it? Oh well, nice and pink.

Eugene wrote: "Concerning Grieving and Forgetting: The Narrator is in stress after Albertine has left him and has died in an accident and for that stress that he suffers, he vacillates between love, jealousy, gri..."

I'm just doing a really quick power browse through these comments, and it seems to me that the narrator is purposely punishing himself by subjecting himself to all this emotionally troubling thought as he does this investigation of Albertine's liasons. It is a very masochistic indulgence that brings both pain and pleasure to him.

Jocelyne wrote: that potatoes have nicotine"


That may explain people's addiction to eating potato chips and french fries!

I was looking in my bookmarks for something to post in my new tumblr when I found this quote by Marcel Proust. I collected this quote long before I ever started to read ISOLT and really have no idea where I found it, but I saved it.

http://aportraitofawomanreading.tumbl...

Trivia: Former French president François Mitterrand's once illegitimate and hidden daughter Mazarine Pingeot is said to be named after this library because of her parents' love for books.

Oh I just loved being Frida Kahlo tonight!!! We had a great turn out. I ran out of candy after 3 hours and had to start giving out granola bars instead. One mom said I needed to pluck my eyebrows, and one boy just couldn't for the life of him figure out why I had a moustache and kept staring at me. Only 3 people guessed that I was Frida Kahlo!!!They got extra chocolates. I also got a few compliments from little girls who liked my look. It was fun!

Elaine love your Grover in a dress!

Ce Ce wrote: "Kalliope wrote: "Happy Halloween to everyone..."

Yes...Wishing one and all a Happy Halloween!


LOL...I'm thinking how dangerous we've all become since we finally learned to post images!"

Tiepolo orange is so you Ce Ce!!!!!

I can feel the excitement in the air with people wanting to get dressed up for Halloween. Unfortunately not all of us have mastered posting images.

The inspiration for my halloween costume is #16 on this list of cute munchkins!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/saraboboltz/3...

Elizabeth wrote: "@Reem: re breaking a glass. Is this related to that Russian custom of smashing the glasses after making a toast?"

I know that on New Year's eve in Alexandria, Egytpt, people stand on their balconies at midnight and throw glasses or plates down into the street to start the year off with good luck. It must be a habit acquired from the Greeks.

Since we are on the topic of shoes:

A story from Marcel Proust, as recounted by his housekeeper Céleste Albaret. Marcel is off with his brother Robert to visit a relative, Mme. Nathan:

"Mother dressed us up all neat and clean, and before we went, said, 'Here's a five-franc piece each. When you get there and Marie, the maid, opens the door, make sure you first of all wish her a Happy New Year, and then give her the five-franc pieces.' On the way there, in place de la Madeleine, I saw a shoeblack swinging his arms and stamping his feet to keep warm. I went up to him, asked him to shine my shoes, though they were already as bright as new pennies, and gave him my five francs. When I got home, Mother said, 'I hope you were good and didn't forget to give Marie the five francs?' I told her about the shoeblack. 'What did you do that for?' she cried in despair. So I explained: 'I saw him waiting in the cold for a customer, so I let him shine my shoes.' And she kissed me."

Céleste Albaret, Monsieur Proust, translated by Barbara Bray (New York: New York Review Books, 2003), 138.

I think the breaking of glass, plates, whatever is simply done for good luck to ward off any evil spirits.

Kalliope wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "Even Andy Warhol went with pink in "A la recherche du shoe perdu", title inspired by Marcel Proust's oeuvre "In Search of Lost Time - A la Recherche du temps perdu", A..."

Kalliope, did you see the entire series? Click on each drawing.

http://www.guyhepner.com/artists/#!AR...

Even Andy Warhol went with pink in "A la recherche du shoe perdu", title inspired by Marcel Proust's oeuvre "In Search of Lost Time - A la Recherche du temps perdu", Andy Warhol did in 1955 with captions by Ralph Pomeroy.

Kalliope wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "LOL... I am not surprised.. but w..."

Odette is an Ode to the Pinks...(and pinkertons)"

Do you think of all t..."

Doubt it.. the first one was Marcel Proust.. at le..."

Swann likens Odette to a Botticelli fresco

those pink cheeks!

Kalliope wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "But Odette has managed to turn ..."


LOL... I am not surprised.. but w..."


Odette is an Ode to the Pinks...(and pinkertons)"

Do you think of all the people whom have read Proust, we are the only Tiepolo pinkers?

Kalliope wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: ""Of course Marcelita beat me to this!! Bravo Marcelita!
This stood out to me:

But Odette has managed to turn ..."


LOL... I am not surprised.. but we picked the same..."

We did, and it's such a good one!

Does a little dance. Posted already Kalliope! by Marcelita et moi. Beat you to it. :)

"Of course Marcelita beat me to this!! Bravo Marcelita!
This stood out to me:

"But Odette has managed to turn herself into a work of art. With her allure, her choice of clothing, the flowers that adorn her neckline, the way she holds her parasol as she strolls, she becomes an artwork. And later, in the Albertine cycle, the narrator is obsessed with the Venetian couturier Fortuny. Why? Because Fortuny transformed women into works of art. "

You have been amazing Kalliope with your 2,179 comments so far! You are our shining star and without you there would never have been such a fabulous read of Proust!

Ever notice the word libra in library?

Want to know what New Yorkers are reading? The New York Public Library is on it.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/page...

No mention of Proust!

Kalliope wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Proust's relationship with his mother was...well, here's an example. In one of her letters, discussing a tremendous fight they had had, ending in hi..."

I think Proust wants us to think about the mother-child bond and the mother with her husband bond, and to decide which is stronger. Because the father was a doctor, most likely he had little tolerance to coming home to a constantly sick child, or a child that embraced the role of sick child whole heartedly and gained the deeply coveted attention of his mother. I imagine that the father wanted some of that attention for himself. Notice, that the father is barely mentioned in ISOLT. Neither is a brother. The mother-child bond rules supreme. Jean Proust is another Madame de Sevigne where her child is involved.