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Proust

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Proust
1. Joseph Louis . 1754--1826, French chemist, who formulated the law of constant proportions
2. Marcel . 1871--1922, French novelist whose long novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913--27) deals with the relationship of the narrator to themes such as art, time, memory, and society


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Meanwhile, longsuffering wife and fragile optimist Sheryl (Toni Collette) has taken in her suicidal brother Frank (Steve Carell), a Proust scholar not rebounding from the loss of his lover and a MacArthur genius grant.
Hanns would recommend authors to read: Balzac and Proust for the human condition, Graham Greene for all things travel, Cyril Connolly for his essays.
Mom's brother -- the gay American Proust scholar -- just tried to kill himself.
 
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