readbynorah's review against another edition
3.0
Carson’s writing is unmatched, this book just didn’t do it for me unfortunately
cacacween's review against another edition
4.0
i listened to this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri7nRt5yBbs&ab_channel=TSpace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri7nRt5yBbs&ab_channel=TSpace
losethegirl's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.0
It's been a while since I've read anything by Proust, I'll admit, but this pamphlet was a fun little dive back into that world. Carson has such an interesting way of writing critical text on other work, I'm never disappointed.
siegejay's review against another edition
4.75
I loved this despite not being familiar with Proust. Anne Carson just has a way with words that really resonates with me.
jamescd's review against another edition
challenging
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
mrsdallogay's review against another edition
4.0
Carson's pamphlet provides a wry deconstruction of the character of Albertine from Proust's In Search of Lost Time. Working out the critical and analytical significance of this character allows Carson to examine lesbianism, female freedom and love: all in a brisk, yet densely intelligent 38 pages. Particularly, the discussion of wanting to own the "other" yet then becoming dissatisfied by owning, and therefore knowing the other is astutely realised and a point I found to be highly interesting and still pertinent to contemporary human relations. Carson notes however that Proust's narrator would never be able to posses Albertine, after all:
"how can he possess her mind if she is a lesbian?"
"how can he possess her mind if she is a lesbian?"