Πώς ο Προυστ μπορεί να αλλάξει τη ζωή σου
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789601603988
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Εκδόσεις Πατάκη
Pages no: 231
Edition language: Greek
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Self Help,
Philosophy,
Psychology
“To make [reading] into a discipline is to give too large a role to what is only an incitement. Reading is on the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it: it does not constitute it.” Quote from one of Proust’s books, In “How Proust Can Change Your Life” by Alain de Botton “Even ...
There is a certain, unspoken list of writers and philosophers whose work is deemed a necessary read in academic circles, Proust being one of them. Luckily I was assigned to read this one for a French cultural studies course, glad to finally be able to learn more about what specifically makes Proust ...
With the gentlest and kindest mockery possible, de Botton makes a very strong case for celebrating and learning from the unlikeliest of teachers: Marcel Proust.In Shikasta Doris Lessing's extraterrestrial protagonist describes Proust as a great sociologist and anthropologist, which chimes with de Bo...
I've read Swann's Way thrice, that is, its first 3pages. Then I would decide that this was not the right time to read Proust. That if I want to give his writing some justice then I'll have to give it attention & time that I sorely lack. Because there's no way I can follow his writing in the time sti...
If you have considered reading this book, you are probably aware of who Proust is, but I honestly knew little about him before reading this book. I’ve been on a French author reading kick for, oh, five months or so, and I’ve had this book in my TBR for quite some time, so this was a must-read for me...
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