A review by earwicker
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

4.0

Proust wrote, apparently, by a process of grafting parenthetical phrases together in such a manner that the final result is something resembling a massive oak tree, a sprawling, beautiful, leafy mess of commas, subordinate clauses, and insightful observations. It is impressive, but if you aren't the type to follow each branch to its grammatical and semantic conclusion, this might not be the tree to build your house in. I liked it, but it will be a while before I pick up the next volume in the series.