8/24/2023 0 Comments Sodom and gomorrah proust![]() ![]() It is true that these sounds were so violent that if they hadn’t constantly been echoed an octave higher by a parallel wail, I might have thought that one person was slitting the throat of another right next door and that afterwards the murderer and his resuscitated victim had taken a bath to wash away all traces of the crime. Il est vrai que ces sons étaient si violents que, s’ils n’avaient pas été toujours repris un octave plus haut par une plainte parallèle, j’aurais pu crois qu’une personee en égorgeait une autre à côté de moi et qu’ensuite le meurtrier et sa victime ressucitée prenaient un bain pour effacer les traces du crime. ![]() Be warned, though: this is just the first of many parties, so pace yourselves…Īs the title suggests, however, this installment of the novel takes a rather different turn, as Marcel catches the Baron with an attractive young man, if not in flagrante as such, then with just a thin wall between himself and the lovers: Naturally, being the darling of society that he is, all is well, and much of the first part of the book takes place at the event, allowing him (and us) to spend the evening in the company of old friends – chatting with the Guermantes, gasping at the reappearance of a rather feeble-looking Swann, and making up with the Baron de Charlus after their earlier tiff. Sodome et Gomorrhe (Sodom and Gomorrah) picks up where Le Côté de Guermantes left off, with Marcel at the Guermantes, trying to find out if he’s really invited to a massive social occasion chez the Princess de Guermantes. However, on this latest climb, I have to admit that I was starting to feel the lack of oxygen for a variety of reasons, this section felt very, very steep – let me explain why… While never really flat, the previous stages were generally manageable, and I enjoyed myself along the way. My attempt at reading Marcel Proust’s novel À la recherche du temps perdu ( In Search of Lost Time) has been a long journey, starting several years ago, and this month finally saw me complete the fourth stage of my ascent of the mountain.
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