All Proust, all the time: Madeleine Moments. From yesterday’s entry, “The Death of Marcel,”
Today is the anniversary of Proust’s death in 1922. He was born on July 10, 1871 and so was 51 years old when he died. Not a very long life, but it lasted as long as he wanted it to- until he finished his work. He’s buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France and when Proustians make their pilgrimage there, they leave madeleines, lilies and stones. Why stones? Because Proust’s mother was Jewish. His father was Catholic, though, and Proust himself never really embraced any religion. Writing was his life and his religion.
The site has many wonderful photographs (Marcel at 16!), anecdotes, and insights into Proust and his masterwork of Western literature. Bon appetit!
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