Swann's Way: Combray: Cherry Blossoms: 08/14/09
I'm on my 7th week of reading Swann's Way (Du côté de chez Swann).

From pages 180-210 the novel focuses on nature: sunset walks and flowering trees and how the passage of time was marked with each walk. It's a restful section full of lengthy descriptions of beautiful scenery.

The description of the lilac trees dropping their petals reminds me most of the cherry blossom episode (#19) of Azumanga Daioh. In that the students wish to be older while the teachers wish to hold onto their youth.

"Springtime of youth" is the central theme to both the anime episode and to this thirty page section of Swann's Way.

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books | fiction | Marcel Proust | 1913

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