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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
I briefly misread this as you reading Proust's In Search of Lost Time. Either way, I am glad to hear that this is living up to expectations. It seems fascinating.
I am currently reading Kobo Abe's The Ruined Map, which got him nominated for the Noma Prize in 1967. On its face, it is a detective story about a PI looking for a lost husband. But it is much more an introspection on the lies we tell to each other than any hard-boiled detective story.
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I began the Proust last year, but it didn't grab me. I'll give it another go later this year. The appeal of multi-book series varies muchly with age and personal circumstances of the reader. I had begun the Powell series a couple of years ago, but never made it through the first book - I found it boring and plodding. Now, Powell's writing seems quite alive and I am quite interested in the ongoing fates and foibles of the characters. You get mesmerized by the inevitable, yet unexpected, reappearances of the odious Widmerpool in each book.