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In Reply to: Do you like Proust? posted by Victor Khomenko on September 12, 2005 at 06:16:08:

After giving up on "The Glass Bead Game" decades ago I have eschewed heavy lit.
The Captive's fault may lie in casting. They were all light weight, mono-dimensional--nearly vapid. I felt no pain nor learned anymore about human nature.
If this is the best adaptation of Proust I won't be seeing anymore. Color me boor.

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Jesus Christ, man, Hesse isn't great lit anymore than Tolkien is. - tinear 16:42:40 09/12/05 (0)
Try "Remembrance of Things Past's 'Swann in Love'", or any of Balzac, Gide, or Stendhal (if you aren't enthralled by his "The Red and the Black"... you're hopeless ;--()).
If you're in the mood for some "modern" French lit and you want a fast read, try "The Stranger," by Camus.
Don't give up on haute cuisine because a chef fucked up on one dish.

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