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Remembrance of Things Past
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And it reminds me of I'm not gonna ask if you read it but have you at least pretended to read Marcel pru's remembrance of things past.
The best things said about it
Not for nothing did P base an entire novel on this remembrance of things past.
The only very long book I like which is um Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust is a monumental multi-volume novel that explores themes of memory, time, and involuntary recollection triggered by sensory experiences. On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin discussed the novel to illustrate how scents and tastes serve as the primary encoders of long-term human memory, noting how an entire literary work was built around the phenomenon. Ben Bowlin mentioned the book again on another episode to explain how a character dipping a madeleine into a beverage acts as the catalyst for time travel and memory retrieval. John Gray cited Proust's lengthy masterwork on Conversations with Tyler when discussing his personal reading preferences, identifying it as the only very long book that he genuinely enjoys. Steve Levitt brought up the work on People I (Mostly) Admire to playfully question whether a guest had at least pretended to read the famous novel, using it as a cultural touchstone for discussing how flavors and scents trigger vivid personal recollections.
Every mention
Ben Bowlin Not for nothing did P base an entire novel on this remembrance of things past. 2
“Not for nothing did P base an entire novel on this remembrance of things past.”
“and a lot of literature and art as well uh remembrance of things past by PR essentially it all starts because this guy dips a meline into I think tea or some sort of beverage”
John Gray The only very long book I like which is um Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. 1
“The only very long book I like which is um Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.”
Steve Levitt and it reminds me of I'm not gonna ask if you read it but have you at least pretended to read Marcel pru's… 1
“and it reminds me of I'm not gonna ask if you read it but have you at least pretended to read Marcel pru's remembrance of things past”
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“like proust uh in a taste of Things Remembered or remembrance of things past when he eats the Madeleine and uh writes a really long novel as a result which is true”