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

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

Marcelita wrote: "Kalliope wrote: "Marcelita wrote: "..."
There is this wonderful book on Cartier. Unfortunately, I saw it after I got the catalogue for the exhibition.

The history of the Cartier house is fascin..."

Fascinating Marcelita! I went on a search for the double strand of pearls only to find the same photo you posted above and Maisie wearing the pearls! LOL My attention went to how pretty she was, and I totally missed the pearls.

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Marcel Proust once wrote: "The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking new landscapes, but of having new eyes." Words full of insight. But it is doubtful that the author of À la Recherche du Temps Perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) imagined that his oft-cited quote would be used to brand "literary-themed" hotels 100 years after the first publication of his defining work.

The rise of the belles-lettres establishment, celebrating France's literary culture, and even that of its neighbours, is the latest marketing sensation in the French capital, as hoteliers come up with ever more innovative – or desperate – ways to attract guests.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013...

http://hotel-booking.atel-hotels.com/...

I have a feeling this has been shared before:

http://www.geoffwilkins.net/proust/ga...

Kalliope wrote:
The closest model for Mme Verdurin was Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux.

Of Madeleine Lemaire, George Painter stated in his book Marcel Proust she is one of the models of Proust's Madame Verdurin (In Search of Lost Time).

[image error] this for Madame Verdurin, wow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mad...

http://www.geoffwilkins.net/proust/ga...# Madeleine Lemaire ('Madame Verdurin')
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(This looks more accurate)

Marcelita wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy dept: when the Narrator (who is, despite Proust's own inclinations, consistently presented as straight) wants a porta..."

Marcelita you beat me to it! Again! lol

Some of you know by now that I would keep searching until I found those bedrooms based on Proust's characters in ISOLT. Check out 01/1983 Château Gabriel and the slideshow of some of those bedrooms.
http://www.fondation-pb-ysl.net/en/Se...

Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé acquire Château Gabriel in the village of Benerville-sur-Mer in Normandy, where the author Marcel Proust met his future publisher Gaston Gallimard.
Jacques Grange was hired to decorate the chateau in the Belle Epoque style.
Close friends had their own bedrooms marked with plaques bearing the names of characters from Proust's works. Charlotte Aillaud had the Oriane de Guermantes room, Anne-Marie Munoz was given the Albertine room, Loulou et Thadée Klossowski were in the room bearing the name of the Verdurins.
Yves Saint Laurent chose the name of the dandy Charles Swann for his bedroom and Pierre Bergé's room bore the name of Baron Palamède de Charlus.

I love every single item in their home!! Just gorgeous!: http://pinterest.com/vincenthornoy/ch...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/16/rea...

The color combinations are amazing: http://modelsown.blogspot.com/2012/02...

I'm drooling. I should stop now.

Elizabeth wrote: "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy dept: when the Narrator (who is, despite Proust's own inclinations, consistently presented as straight) wants a portable makeup kit for Albertine, so she doesn't hav..."

You know Elizabeth I keep thinking of how Yves Saint Laurent was inspired by Proust. Did you ever see his home?

Some links to explore:
A photograph of Marcel Proust amidst an arrangement of Minton porcelain

and a vintage Baccarat crystal box. Saint Laurent named each of the nine bedrooms

for characters in Proust’s novel. His own named after the cultivated and sensitive

Charles Swann…the pseudonym that the couturier used when he traveled incognito.

http://trouvais.com/tag/marcel-proust/

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/bl...
http://www.thearttribune.com/Du-cote-...


Look at this gorgeous bedroom: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/20...


I can't seem to find the original link I posted at the beginning of our reading. Now that we're well into ISOLT and know the characters, it would be great to see how the late YSL decorated for each of the 9 bedrooms he named for the characters he chose from la recherche.I'll keep trying.

So sorry, just one more in case you missed it elsewhere:

Did a writer get bullied on Goodreads?

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/21/debut...

Kalliope wrote:
Ha ha... so that they can build something like La source enchantée above for a provincial museum....!!!!

LOL exactly!

Kalliope wrote: "On something only indirectly connected to Proust, through his "lanterne magigue".. In a while I am off to an exhibition on Georges Meliès.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_...

Imagine what..."

Kalliope, not to sound morbid, but you might want to donate your brain to science. You know so much!
Karen would have to write the autopsy!

·Karen· wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: ""Whenever you can shorten a sentence, do. And one always can. The best sentence? The shortest." Gustave Flaubert (as quoted in Rudolf Flesch, The Art of Readable Writi..."

"What would Karen say?" LOL!!!!!

"Whenever you can shorten a sentence, do. And one always can. The best sentence? The shortest." Gustave Flaubert (as quoted in Rudolf Flesch, The Art of Readable Writing 119 (1949; repr. 1967)).

What would Proust say?!!!

Hamlet: A Love Story

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs...

granted nothing to do with Proust, but interesting points on perspective.

"A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted" - Lawrence Lessig

·Karen· wrote: I see people condemning characters in books written in past times for their 'immorality' but it seems to me that they are using their modern, westernised (rigidly religious???) standards to judge characters whose choices were very much more circumscribed.

I agree. Wordy, wordy, wordy? No, just very well written. As readers, we sometimes get too involved in our novels and interject a great deal of our own reactions (judgements,opinions, indignations) to the characters' actions. This is especially done while reading any history. It is rather difficult for us to grasp the essence of a period of time from the distance of centuries.

Unregistered* wrote:
I agree that the conception of marriage in those days was very much what we would describe today as an arranged marriage.

Unregistered, you present some interesting ideas although I don't know if I agree with you that marriages, then, whether hetrosexual or homosexual actually conflict with what you say. This being, "I think our idea of partnership as a mutual support, mutual companionship, friendship, love and whatever else is in the alloy is a very modern idea." I don't believe that arranged marriages or same-sex partnerships were void of these qualities.

Arranged marriages are marriages set up by families with the best interests of their children at heart. They usually take into account personalities and needs of their children when searching for suitable mates. As such they tend to be good matches and as loving as any marriage or relationship can be expected to be. Just because they are arranged does not mean that there is no love involved. Simply living with another creates bonds of trust, friendship and intimacy.

I can't envision same sex relationships as being any different as our emotions, jealousies, expectations, and desires are all the same.

Love evens the playing field when it comes to inequality.

Jocelyne wrote:
"A seven-book week seems like a pretty good clip to me! "

Those memories were of me during elementary school. I'm sure many of us in this group have stayed up all night to finish the book that could not be put down. Even during college, just before finals I would read a novel to cleanse the mind in preparation for the cramming that would then take place.I'm sure I'm still behind you in the reading schedule Jocelyne!

And no, reading your kindle on the beach can't be considered doing the analog thing. You need to get tanning lotion on your book!

Ce Ce wrote: "The fantastic creature returned 3.000 francs, informing him that 7,000 was all she needed - but she did not send him a ticket - not Sarah."

Ce Ce, are you going to leave us hanging as to why she never sent him the ticket?!lol

I read something this morning about a Jordan Pavlin, a vice president and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf who like us believes, “Most of us are here because literature sustained us,”

In the interview she says, "There are often two essential people in the life of a passionate reader: a great local librarian and a brilliant, inspiring high school English teacher." (http://www.pw.org/content/agents_edit...)


This got me thinking about who the two essential people were in my life, and she is right there was both a librarian and an English teacher, actually there were several English teachers. The policy at the library I used to go to, back in the day, allowed only 4 books to be checked out for children, and the librarian made an exception for me and allowed me to check out 7 each week. That made me feel like such a star! I was so proud to be allowed this exception to the rule that I read all 7 books each week. I even think I asked to be allowed more books. There was also an English teacher that allowed me to read at my own pace, and I wasn't confined to the class reading schedule. That too was liberating. The reason I share this is because those of you in this group who are librarians and English teachers need know the power you hold to inspire passionate reading!!!!

Ce Ce wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "At one point he gives us Mme Verdurin: " I was always bored to death of him." in which he adds: "(Translation: He went to the La Tremoilles and Guermantes and knew tha..."

Ce Ce, thanks for sharing this link with us. The room is breathtaking! Also interesting the idea that rooms were sold. This room reminded me of a photo I posted before that was to set the stage for our lounge and our dressing up with the wigs. How wonderful is it that the Salon Dore is being rebuilt to be enjoyed by so many?! The timeline was fascinating. lol@ Mr. Rheem. I wonder if Otto Kahn is related to Proustitute.

Truly enjoyed exploring your link!!!

Unregistered* wrote: "thanks, Reem ... is not my choice of user name more obvious than yours?

This year I happened to have started in April rereading ISLT and part way through was looking online to see on whom Elstir m..."

You believe that your user name seems more obvious? More mysterious perhaps. Mine is my name which may sound foreign to you.

If you find our reading schedule too confining, read on your own but post comments according to the schedule. We have people who have already completed the year's reading but still post according to the set schedule. We are all wary of posting any spoilers, so do take care not to do so. If you would like to read along with us, you are more than welcome, if not, the choice is yours. We do have a great community of dedicated people contributing and enhancing our reading experience in this year of reading Proust together.

Unregistered* wrote: "I've been turning over the obvious Charlus - Wilde allusion and had a look online where I found a comment that Painter considered that Charlus had been modelled a little from Wilde.

To me there di..."

Unregistered, welcome to the group. I wonder at your choice of user name and how you discovered this group at this stage of your reading. I'm sure you will find some very interesting posts here. Enjoy.