Friday, February 19, 2010
Swann's Way
There is no way to do justice to this translation. I've tried to read bad translations of Proust and they were dreck. This is writing that cannot be looked away from. It reminds me of Bowen's "The House in Paris." They are both lush books. Although Carver is more my thing, Proust is even more valuable.
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