tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post1429853142281089704..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: Within a Budding Grove (First Post)Séamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-85740949468061246952012-05-05T20:57:50.094+01:002012-05-05T20:57:50.094+01:00Thanks for visiting Emma - hope you enjoy the post...Thanks for visiting Emma - hope you enjoy the posts. I'm more than half way through <b>Sodom and Gomorrah</b> (<b>Cities of the Plain</b> in my edition) and am starting to see the end coming into sight. I have to say that I'll be sorry. The world of the books becomes richer and richer as more of the characters become familiar.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-69149374603389751322012-05-05T20:04:23.326+01:002012-05-05T20:04:23.326+01:00Hello,
I think you're right, and as Richard ...Hello, <br /><br />I think you're right, and as Richard mentions, the question of homosexuality is an open theme in Sodom and Gommorrah.<br />I also think that he betrays himself in the way he describes attraction to women. He's not attracted to the usual. <br /><br />Emma<br /><br />PS: I have a backlog of your Proust reviews to read and then add to my Reading Proust page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-67059355567659519792012-02-14T11:44:42.688+00:002012-02-14T11:44:42.688+00:00Thanks Richard. That quote just struck me as did t...Thanks Richard. That quote just struck me as did the consistent homosexual subtext. I hope you get restarted soon as I look forward to your posts. <br />There are so many quotes you couldn't remember them all - it's very hard to tie it all together on first read. There are so many faint echoes of other scenes happening all the time.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-58531754480992717882012-02-14T03:58:56.713+00:002012-02-14T03:58:56.713+00:00I didn't remember the pavilion scene you start...I didn't remember the pavilion scene you started with, Séamus, but the sexuality themes you're dwelling on will become even more pronounced in <em>Sodom and Gomorrah</em> (go figure, right?). I need to get back to <em>The Guermantes Way</em> (hopefully next month), but it's been so long since I took a break from that one that I've half a mind to start again. In any event, look forward to more Proust posts from you as always.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.com