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

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

For those like me who majored in the social sciences (Econ) when we should have majored in English instead!!

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Idea...

The experience of merging minds and hearts with Proust or James or Austen makes you see that there is more to the world than you had ever imagined.

I haven't had a chance to read the comments above, so forgive me if I'm repeating what may have already been said, but I did wonder about:

"But less us not consider here a subject that deserves a chapter to itself: The Profanation of the Mother. (MKE 416)"

The profanation of the mother after that loving relationship and all those desired kisses?!!! If that isn't cryptic, I don't know what is! Is there something that we don't know?

Jocelyne wrote: ""

What's this? Wow! Wow! Jocelyne, sooo proud of you!!!

:) You made it your screen saver, what a great idea.I think I'll do the same.

Jocelyne wrote: "You all sound like geniuses in the kitchen.

@Kate, good for you for trying Tante Annette's recipe.

@Cece, when I read your posts I feel as if I were entering a bright kitchen with soft mauve wal..."


You're right Jocelyne. I should make my own version and include some pistachios. I remember when I first read Kafka's soup, I thought that they were actual recipes written by the authors themselves, and then when I realized they were a pastiche, it was just so funny to read the recipes. He did a great job!
You're right, When I first started reading Proust, I was sure there was some sort of riddle for us to figure out, like Kit William's Masquerade, and upon googling I came across The Hare with Amber Eyes.

http://www.wallpaperdev.com/stock/bou...


For Elaine, welcome to the group!

Sorry, I can't seem to post an image for the life of me today!

Marcelita wrote: "Ce Ce wrote: "Marcelita wrote: "Ce Ce wrote: "Kate wrote: "MMM...How about lime flower tea? (tilleul)
Who's got a good recipe for madeleines?"

All three videos ..varying techniques......"

I rarel..."


Unlike Ce Ce, I rarely try out a new recipe, but Marcelita, this one for the madeleines with orange blossom water sounds delicious. I love that this recipe of yours uses orange blossom water and have to say that I have never seen it used in a recipe that wasn't Middle Eastern. Thanks!

Now, Ce Ce stay after me to actually try them out.

Jocelyne wrote: "I was thinking of Proust's pastiches and was reminded of a delightful little book I read a few years ago. Kafka's Soup, A Complete History of World Literature in 14 recipes by Mark Crick. It is suc..."

I read that book! Reminds me of this article:
The Pleasures of Reading Recipes

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

Enjoy!

Phillida wrote: "For Reem:

Yes, go with רְאֵם = unicorn. Who wants to be an aurochs? But where does רְאֵם appear in "classical Hebrew literature"? What other is there besides the Tanakh?"

I have no idea. Maybe, it's in the Tanakh? I wouldn't know.

Patricia wrote: "Reem K,

as i was writing my reply to your review i had this terrible compulsion to clean my keyboard and it all went away.So now i will try and repeat my masterpiece:

I really enjoyed your review..."

Thank you Patricia! My avatar is not that of Cleopatra. I call her Palestinian Barbie. I wanted to show off my Palestinian heritage and my love for our beautiful embroidery. Iam going to have to read The Hare With The Amber Eyes after learning that you thought it was excellent!

Phillida wrote:
"Nissim is a not uncommon Hebrew given name, so I think you're right about its being a marker here."

It's funny about the etymology of names. My own name has Hebrew meaning.

Etymology 1[edit]

From Classical Hebrew רְאֵם (r'em).

Noun

reem
1.A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).

Go figure. I do like the unicorn bit. ;)

Marcelita wrote: "Ce Ce! My favorite fix...this month. This is why we keep reading Proust. He had written that he leaves

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Gorgeous!It couldn't be more perfect.

Kalliope wrote:
Which now makes me angry because I should have remembered to visit it last July... mmm... may be another trip....

Kalliope, now I remember, this is the house we discussed long ago, isn't it? There are some more photos here.

http://parisianfields.wordpress.com/2...

Mon dieu! Lydia Davis did not choose “Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure.” as a memorable opening sentence!!!

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainm...

As I was reading, the name Nissim struck me as being odd for a French novel. I know the name as Arabic ( meaning breeze) and also as Persian/Iranian(knew someone with that name). It also has a Hebrew origin that means miracles.

As Nissim Bernard is related to Bloch, he is a French Jew, so the name I suppose is meant to stand out as an identifier.

"Bernard, Nissim : grand-oncle de Bloch et l'un des Juifs les plus caractéristiques de la Recherche ; reçoit le narrateur et Saint-Loup dans sa superbe villa ; malgré son prestige, son neveu le tourne en ridicule ; dans Sodome et Gomorrhe, a une liaison avec un jeune laquais du Grand Hôtel ; dans La Prisonnière, prête 5000 F à Morel par l'entremise de Bloch."

Googled some more and came across what looks like a very interesting pdf.

Closeted metaphors or reading identity in la recherche


http://escholarship.ucop.edu/uc/item/...

Unfortunately, I'm suffering another one of my headaches and just can't read it right now. I wanted to share it with you. Do check it out. I don't know if there are spoilers.

Cheers.

Kalliope wrote:A fully annotated edition would be so large... There are two major paperback editions in French, and each seems to annotate different things...., and those are the French editions.. depending on the country of readership one would need a different set of notes, and even those would change with time.... Endless task.. But certainly this group is being an excellent place for exploring further...


Having a fully annotated edition certainly would make for a better reading experience. This makes you realize exactly how valuable this group discussion is and will be for future Proustians. I wonder what Proustitute had in mind exactly when he set this up.
Yes Marcelita, it should be exciting to read Carter's annotated Swann's Way!

Jocelyne wrote: Please don't offer any more suggestions. I am spending so much time trying my luck at this trick that I am going to be behind in my reading by an entire volume. Or, horror of horrors, I might even get behind Ce Ce!


LOL Jocelyne, you made me laugh. You really are in a good mood. You can do it Jocelyne! I believe in you!Post that photo. Go back to Marcelita's instructions and try again.

Ce Ce wrote: "I am beginning to sense we are free to experience all facets of our own very human self. "

I would agree with you there Ce Ce. He may be asking us to err in the direction of kindness.

Kalliope wrote:" Yes, Sapho is a major presence in the arts when female homosexuality is treated... Going back to the classics provided art with a safe way to deal with themes that continued to be contemporary...."

See Kalliope, that is why it is so important to read Proust's In Search of Lost Time only after one has acquired all this necessary information or at least accompanying the read as this Goodreads group does. I had never heard of Saphos before as I am also ignorant of so many other references. Have you listed a book that separately explains all of Proust's references? If not, someone should put one together for readers like me that lack this knowledge base. You've already supplied us with so many explanations. You should take this on!

Sharing with you a most interesting concept that of writer as architect.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...


"Great architects build structures that can make us feel enclosed, liberated or suspended. They lead us through space, make us slow down, speed up or stop to contemplate. Great writers, in devising their literary structures, do exactly the same."

It would be interesting to know if Matteo Pericoli and his students have ever taken on Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

Possibly a challenge to the creative people in this group to take on a project of this magnitude..... t'would be cathedralesque!!!!