Proust Curious is a podcast about the experience of reading À la recherche du temps perdu – all seven volumes. Written between 1906 and 1922, published between 1913 and 1927, Marcel Proust’s cultural touchstone is an object of enduring fascination and, let’s face it, intimidation. Hosted by Emma Claussen and Hannah Weaver, PhDs in French literature and decidedly not Proust experts.
Produced by Michael Goldsmith in partnership with Public Books; visit publicbooks.org.
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Proust Curious is a podcast about the experience of reading À la recherche du temps perdu – all seven volumes. Written between 1906 and 1922, published between 1913 and 1927, Marcel Proust’s cultural touchstone is an object of enduring fascination and, let’s face it, intimidation. Hosted by Emma Claussen and Hannah Weaver, PhDs in French literature and decidedly not Proust experts.
Produced by Michael Goldsmith in partnership with Public Books; visit publicbooks.org.
Hosts Emma Claussen and Hannah Weaver join the narrator for one last search for lost time, rejoicing with him as he finds it by stumbling on a paving stone in the courtyard of the Princesse de Guermantes's house, and dreams about the book he finally knows he can write – if he can only live long enough. The shadow of mortality is cast not only by the Great War, which ends some time before this 'regaining' of lost time, but in the iconic 'bal des têtes' scene in which the narrator suddenly notices that he and everyone else he knows has gotten older as time has passed. We giddily discuss Proust's vision of art and his theory of time, and how he brings his 'unfinished' novel to a virtuosic conclusion. Plus, we answer the question, "who is your favorite heroine?". Join us as we search for lost time and remember things Proust.
Proust Curious
Proust Curious is a podcast about the experience of reading À la recherche du temps perdu – all seven volumes. Written between 1906 and 1922, published between 1913 and 1927, Marcel Proust’s cultural touchstone is an object of enduring fascination and, let’s face it, intimidation. Hosted by Emma Claussen and Hannah Weaver, PhDs in French literature and decidedly not Proust experts.
Produced by Michael Goldsmith in partnership with Public Books; visit publicbooks.org.
