{"id":57297,"date":"2024-09-16T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/?p=57297"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:10:39","slug":"episode-1-swanns-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/episode-1-swanns-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Proust Curious: \u201cSwann\u2019s Way\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proust Curious<\/em><\/a> is a podcast miniseries about the experience of reading \u00c0 la recherche du temps perdu<\/em> in its entirety.<\/p>\n

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In their inaugural episode of Proust Curious<\/em>, hosts Emma Claussen and Hannah Weaver begin their plunge into Proust with the first volume of the Recherche<\/em>, Swann\u2019s Way<\/em>. Proust\u2019s humor can often be lost in the haze of canonization, but that\u2019s where our curiosity turns today. We talk about psychedelic lime blossoms, seeing people through paintings, and the original deeply feeling kid. We consider the unity of this frequently excerpted volume. Finally, we engage with Proust\u2019s careful misdirection about the nature of time at the end of the volume, which he wrote in a letter was \u201cthe opposite of [his] conclusion.\u201d Plus, we\u2019ll answer the question, If not yourself, who would you be? Join us as we search for lost time and remember things Proust.<\/p>\n

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