Category Archives: Roman fleuve

Proust drops in at 44 Scotland Street

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Lizzie Ross

Alexander McCall Smith, 44 Scotland Street series (2005 – no end in sight) If you like your soap operas literate, breezy, quirky, and in book form, then the prolific Mr. Smith* has a few options for you. I settled into … Continue reading →

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Remembrance of Proust #5

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Lizzie Ross

In Proust’s Way, Roger Shattuck includes a chapter on “How to Read a Roman-Fleuve¹”. Shattuck points to Proust’s style as purposefully constructed to slow a reader down: “His sentences move through long spirals that will not be hastened and deserve to be … Continue reading →

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