I have to get off my chest how annoying I think the narrator is. I am really trying to find the good in him. I really am.\u00a0 Albertine is gone, and he says things like \u201cThe memory of Albertine had become so fragmentary that it no longer caused me any sadness and was no more now than a transition to fresh desires, like a chord which announces a change of key. And indeed, any idea of a passing sensual whim being rules out, in so far as I was still faithful to Albertine\u2019s memory, I was happier at having Andree in my company than I would have been at having an Albertine miraculously restored\u201d (p.809). \u00a0How awful! He comes across fickle and frivolous and shallow.<\/p>\n
One difficulty I have had with this book is the lack of ability to connect with the narrator. I have no problem connecting with Proust. I can hear him often in the writing trying to lay Easter eggs that represent his view points on sexuality, religion and more. His descriptions are so detailed that I can sometimes vividly see the scenes and feel the emotions described.\u00a0 This I enjoy. However, the narrator, his character, his personality, his motives\u2026 I can\u2019t relate to. I can\u2019t get behind. I can\u2019t even contemplate! This stops me from getting lost in the reading. I often find myself jerked aware from my reading by something the narrator says that just rubs me wrong. I wonder if this happens to anyone else while reading these novels. Like I said, Proust I am cool with, it\u2019s the narrator I want throw over my lap and give a good spanking to!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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