So have a look at this catchy sentence, which Proust uses to open the second volume of his novel sequence.
My mother, when it was a question of our having M. de Norpois to dinner for the first time, having expressed her regret that Professor Cottard was away from home and that she herself had quite ceased to see anything of Swann, since either of
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have you read dfw? infinite jest reminds me sometimes of proust--so tough but so immediate. only the one is defined by its frenchness and the other by its americanness. i'd be interested to hear what you think of his syntax...
also i have to confess how terribly often i let go of really attentive reading and allow myself to let a thorny section escape me.
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I keep meaning to tell you how much I love your journal recently, I really must comment there more often - I'm a real sucker for melancholy reflections on life and love and music and you are good with that material!
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Also, thank you! Your entries are always such full formed, interesting commentaries, whereas I have this unedited running commentary which I sometimes wish I took more care with presenting sensibly, so that's very nice to hear.
Waiting to hear more about Libya from you, by the way! Though it's probably hard to frame.
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