Thread: New large novel compared favorably to Proust - Anyone read this?
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Old 06-11-2014, 12:59 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by LovesMacs View Post
I've seen the Anthony Powell books in stores. They have a painting on their spines that, when the entire series is placed together, makes a complete picture of several people dancing. That kind of design is something that printed books still do better than electronic ones.
Why didn't Proust come up with that? I'm sure he would have loved to have this on the spines of the complete Recherche:


(Illustration lifted from pynch...)
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