L’espace chez Proust
https://essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/article/a32c41d9-2363-4fa7-bfca-0bf1d17c59d9-espace-chez-proust
#littérature #livre #Proust #paysage #nature #toponymes #écrivain #France #culture #nature #BnF #territoire #gens #Combray #Balbec #Paris

Delightful from #Proust (#SwannsWay #Combray):
« In the next room I could hear my aunt talking quietly to herself. She never spoke save in low tones, because she believed that there was something broken in her head and floating lose there ».
#Materialism #Mind #Literature

I’ve always been slightly surprised that #Proust takes such a #materialistic view of such phenomena as smells, and recollections. Worth comparing #SwannsWay from #Combray with #Bernanos’ outstanding grim description: « Ma paroisse est dévorer par l’ennui » (a kind of lifeless, ‘cancerous’ boredom, or spiritual indirection). We shouldn’t forget #GeorgesBernanos for all sorts of reasons.