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

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

Jocelyne wrote:
" I had first read in Reem's 2167 post: "This book should be proscribed"! "

LOL Jocelyne! I'd be banished from the group!

I saw this video http://vimeo.com/68514760, and I thought well isn't this what Proust is doing? Googled, and found these comments in the search page.


The influence of Italian neorealism in the cinematic world is ... that can be learned throughout history from figures like Picasso, Proust, Joyce, ...

This film is still today a vindication for those people who look to neorealism for ... preparing to adapt for the screen Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past

On Italian neo realism] A new form of reality is being depicted. .... in time of the character is not the same as the one in space, and Proust is referred to here.

The Tavianis' first feature audaciously mixes Italian neorealism with the expressionistic, .... streets and glamorous high society painted with Proustian conviction.

from James Joyce to Marcel Proust, from Franz Kafka to Katherine Mansfield. ... teacher who initiated the current said neorealist, in which the engagement

Bazin's love for Italian Neo-realism (and it's important to stress here that .... The use of long-winding sentences in Proust, some of which extend ...

"The Italian Redemption of Cinema: Neorealism from Bazin to Godard. ... “ Cinema Regained: From Proust to Godard

Well you get the idea.... Thought worthy!

Fionnuala wrote: "Thank you all for your kind thoughts.
And you are right, Marcelita, what we have here is indeed "no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing", an approach that helps us not only to access Prous..."

That was lovely, as what Marcelita also said. It is true that the process of reading Proust in a group such as this, has been more than just a shared reading experience. Our brains are also undergoing change. You describe a cork lined space that has expanded ten fold. Yes! Our brains are being stretched and rewired to experience - everything - differently. We have become attentive and may very well be walking around for the rest of our lives as Marcel Proust did, trying to capture it all. Marcel Proust will not have died. He will have been reborn in our outlook on life. This book should be prescribed.

Finding women who can write is complicated at the London Review of Books

by kathrynheyman


Some recent correspondence on the gender balance of the London Review of Books.

"on the number of female contributors to the LRB, or reviews of books written by women."


http://kathrynheyman.wordpress.com/20...

Martin wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "ReemK10: In the book of Genesis, Nimrod is described as "a mighty hunter." Remember the dozen brace of--was it pheasants?--M. de Grouchy brings to the Duchesse."

Yes it makes s..."

I missed that double-meaning, so it was probably the Duchesse being her witty self.

Kalliope wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "n..."

What a great article, Reem. To be printed and kept. You have a gift for fishing great articles.

And this is a large debate and which, as you say, bothered Pr..."

It pleases me to no end that the articles I share in the lounge are appreciated by like-minded friends!!!! :)

When I think of this group, I think of each person bringing to the group the offering of one piece of the puzzle, and together a picture of the whole comes together. Of course there are some bringing with them a velvet bag full of polished pieces, and we are grateful to you for sharing your acquired knowledge with us. Not only are you sharing understading of the novel, you are sharing a part of yourselves, and it has been so much fun getting to know everyone's personality. A beautiful thing!!

I forgot that I came in earlier to post this:

"There are those who believe that delving into the biography of artists ensures a deeper perception of their art. I am not one of them. The notion that a work of art has to mirror the person of the artist, that man and work are an equation, that the integrity of the person warrants the integrity of his production—such belief seems to me to belong, particularly in the area of music, to the realm of wishful thinking. (The poet Christian Morgenstern has his hero Palmström assert that “there cannot be what must not be.”)"

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archi...

With all the links to music and our own conversation about Marcel Proust and the narrator, I think it applies.

Proustitute wrote: "If you Google "Proust reading group," this here GR group is the number one hit. Kind of amazing what all of you have done to make this space such an open, engaging, and intelligent place to discuss..."

That's fabulous! I believe that every single person who is active in the threads appreciates the formation of this group and everything that we are learning by reading Proust. This group has atttracted some of the most interesting people who have so much to contribute, and we are the luckier for it.

I thank you personally for inviting me to this group after I made a casual remark on twitter about reading Proust as A New Year's resolution. Who knew that you had already created this group- the year of reading Proust?! Serendipitous!

Fionnuala wrote: "Proustitute wrote: "..I've been a bit behind the scenes, and behind in the schedule due to many reasons, but I'm so proud to have begun this group. Wow. "

Thank you for setting up the group, P. I ..."

Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. May your friend rest in peace. You will always have precious memories of your friendship.

Why Doesn’t Mrs. Dalloway Get a Day of Her Own?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2...

Why doesn't ISOLT get a day of its own? Oh that's right, we gave it a year!

Eugene wrote: "ReemK10 wrote: Sorry Eugene, I was looking in MKE 688-690 and couldn't find it.

ML p.689, Kindle & paperback which is MKE"

Found it!!! Because I haven't gotten there yet, I quickly skimmed those pages, and did not find it (twice)! Thanks Eugene.

Kalliope wrote:
Actually, the whole section on the Guermantes, on how they behave, how they compare with the Courvoisiers etc... is structured around Alladin...

You're right, the family genie. Wasn't that clever of Proust?!

Kalliope wrote: "ReemK10 (Paper Pills) wrote: "There is a reference to the Duc de Guermantes dressed " in his smoking ( for in France we give to everything that is more or less British the one name that it happens..."

How interesting Kalliope!

Marcelita wrote: Thinking that the Duke married "mind-candy" and a noble lineage...


Mind-candy, oh I like that!!!

There is a reference to the Duc de Guermantes dressed " in his smoking ( for in France we give to everything that is more or less British the one name that it happens not to bear in England)". (MKE 659) That made me realize of what we, in the Middle East, also refer to as "smoking" - the black tie tuxedo look is the same as the one described here.

http://www.essentiel-antwerp.com/medi...


The Duchesse speaking to Mme de Grouchy calls her "a regular Nimrod!" (MKE 662) By this I assume she means she is a fool. But in Arabic, nimrood means:
"By the Arabs Nimrod is considered as the supreme example of the tyrant ("al-jabbar").

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/art...

Eugene wrote: "@ReemK10

I corrected the page #'s, ML p. 688-690"

Sorry Eugene, I was looking in MKE 688-690 and couldn't find it.

Jack wrote: I agree, but I think it was of Moncrieff's English rather than Proust's French.


Do you think Nabokov read Proust in English rather than in French?

"In the case of languages my wife and I know or can read—English, Russian, French, and to a certain extent German and Italian."
http://www.theparisreview.org/intervi...
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Fionnuala wrote: "Jocelyne wrote: "....I actually had a fascinating night, which I will call my night of magical thinking. Since my husband had miraculously fallen asleep and I did not want to disturb him by reading..."

Welcome back Fionnuala!! We missed you. Hope you had a great time. These flowers are for you:

http://www.hibiscusflorals.com/compon...

Kalliope wrote: "I love this....!!!!!!

Ramón Casas, Jeune décadente..

Used to accompany an extract on Albertine...

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What was she reading?!!!

Jocelyne wrote: "Musings from an insomniac with neurons struggling to sputter back to life.
Publishers rejected Swann's way because they could not understand how one could write 30 pages about tossing and turning b..."

Forget my articles, Jocelyne, your post was thoroughly fascinating. I could visualize it all. Thanks for sharing all that information, there are so many points to think about.

Do tell me how you find the Himalaya pink salt. I saw it, and was intrigued, but not as adventurous as you to try it out.

It is a magical year!