Remembrance of Things Past
Americannoun
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In Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, the narrator is told by Swann that if he moved to a paradise island he would forget all about Paris.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2017
I decided to reverse-engineer Proust's madeleine, using hints the author gives in Remembrance of Things Past, in an effort to find out.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2013
Time Regained, an elegant and endearing adaptation of the final volume of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, came out in 1999.
From Time • Aug. 22, 2011
Eco viewed the project as the inverse of Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past," in which memory propels the narrative.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2005
He studied the writing craft by reading entire shelvesful of books and points to Marcel Proust's masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past, as inspiration.
From Time Magazine Archive
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