![]() Well- what remains to be written after that? - Virginia Woolfīroadly speaking, Time Regained can be separated into four sections. ( Walking with Proust?) And thank goodness we can. Anyone who tells you that they can explain what Proust intended is lying however, like any good paleontologist, we can hope to reconstruct at least some of what lies at the end of Proust's search. The narrative is fragmented key characters make cameo appearances in what must surely have been pencil sketches for larger farewells the dead return to life with alarming regularity and some sections betray a sense of repetition that even Gertrude Stein would have hesitated at. Published a few years after Proust's death, Time Regained exists in something of a draft form, and this is rampantly evident throughout. (My reviews of the previous volumes : Unum Duo Tria Quattuor Quinque Sex ) ![]() ![]() Le Temps retrouvé ( Time Regained, also translated as Finding Time Again) is the final volume of the masterful Search, and is a distinct step up from its immediate predecessors, for a few reasons. "Stories somehow lengthen when begun" - Lord Byron, BeppoĪnd so, after 11 months and 3 weeks, I find myself making the emotionally harrowing descent from Mont Proust. ![]()
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