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Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

5.0

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Kerouac once said, "like Proust, be an old teahead of time." I've seldom read such sublime and brilliant descriptions of human experience. This novel is a phenomenological study of the memory of sensation, written by a French poet. Proust captures moments of time experienced and lost with heartbreaking preciseness that, depending on the page, can be either gorgeous or overwhelming. A great deal of patience is required to settle into his style and themes, but there is a reason why this series is considered one of the greatest literary works ever produced.