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"An hour is not merely an hour, it is a vase full of scents and sounds and projects and climates."

- Marcel Proust

Watermark's Proust Challenge.

 

 

Watermark's Spring Challenge will focus on Swann's Way, the first volume of Marcel Proust's singular novel In Search of Lost Time (also called Remembrance of Things Past). Published in several volumes between 1913 and 1927, Proust's great novel explores time, memory, and art and has had a wide-ranging influence on literature for decades. It's arguably the greatest novel of the Twentieth Century.

 

The Watermark Challenge is an opportunity for diverse readers to delve into great works of literature, explore the lives of major authors, and enjoy lively discussions.

 

The Challenge is led by Mark David Bradshaw.

 

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MEETING DATES & TIMES:

 

Wednesday, March 10. Proust Challenge, Session 1. 5:00p.m. to 6:15 p.m. We'll explore Marcel Proust's life and Paris habitat. (Mark recommends the short Proust biography by Edmund White.)

 

Wednesday, March 24. Proust Challenge, Session 2. 5:00p.m. to 6:15 p.m. We'll discuss "Part I: Combray" and Proust's hallmark writing style.*

 

Wednesday, April 14. Proust Challenge, Session 3. 5:00p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

We'll discuss "Part II: Swann in Love."*

 

Wednesday, April 28. Proust Challenge, Session 4. 5:00p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

We'll discuss the final section: "Place Names: The Name."

 

*Parts I and II are much longer than Part III, so more reading time is built in for those sections. But don't delay: Proust reads at his own speed!

 

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LOCATION:

 

All events will be held at Watermark Books & Cafe: 4701 E. Douglas Ave.

 

Please call us if you have questions about accessibility: (316) 682-1181.

 

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Previous Watermark Challenges:

Summer 2010:

The Bronte Sisters

Spring 2010:

Proust's Swann's Way

Autumn 2009:

Poe's tales & poems

Summer 2009:

Jane Austen's novels

Spring 2009:

Melville's Moby-Dick

Autumn 2008:

Virgil's Aeneid

Summer 2008:

Tolstoy's War & Peace

"The one thing more difficult than following a regimen is not imposing it on others."

- Marcel Proust