Perhaps more than any other novel, Proust’s IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME (À la Recherche du Temps Perdu) is cited rather than discovered, mythologized rather than read. Let’s remedy that with a discussion-based group that works its way through the complete novel, reading it in its discreet sections a month at a time to find ourselves in Proust’s hope that time can indeed slow and be found again.

Session #3: SWANN’S WAY, Part III, Place Names: The Name

Please use the English translation overseen by Christopher Prendergast for Viking/Penguin Random House. The first volume, SWANN’S WAY, was translated by the legendary Lydia Davis (ISBN: ‎978-0142437964).