heather_wardlaw 's review for:

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
1.0

A man thinks his life and thoughts are interesting. They are not.

Proust seems to struggle to focus on an idea and frequently takes tangents that are so boring I literally fell asleep. I’m not sure why this book is considered to be great, other than that academics often like to pretend poorly written, unfocused pieces that would receive a F in any class are wondrous pieces of art. The people who like this book are probably those who understand what is written the least.