MARCEL PROUST: A radiography of a broken soul
Mon, Nov 07
|Online Lecture
Suffering from asthma, Proust did his writing in his cork-lined bedroom in a fancy quarter of Paris. Yet, in his early 20s, he frequented the salons of the city and his writings intersperses genius-level descriptions of Parisian people and places with a whole philosophy of life. more info below
Time & Location
Nov 07, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM GMT
Online Lecture
About the Event
Proust was born in the city of lights. He witnessed the birth of the Third French Republic (1870-1940), the construction of the Eiffel Tower, changes in fashion, motorcars and omnibuses crisscrossing Paris, the birth of “le Metró”, attended
several Expositions Universelle, went to concerts at Le Opera Garnier, installed one of the first telephones in his flat, had electric light which allowed him to write until very late (or very early). He had a very loving Jewish mother and a very strict father. He had a very bad asthma which kept him in bed for long periods. It is said that he was a hypochondriac but he was truly ill. He was welcome by the most important salonnières such as: the Comtesse Greffulhe, Winnaretta Singer and Mme. Strauss. We will remember him because of his monumental, pantagruelian oeuvre “A la Recherche du Temps Perdu”. He said: “The artist’s task is…
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