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- 1Proust quote paired with Daniel Hsu tree photography●Marcel Proust : à l'ombre chinoise des jeunes arbres sans fleurs Photography by Daniel Hsu # trees # photography # books
A French-language post pairing Marcel Proust with photography by Daniel Hsu is circulating, showing young flowerless trees under the heading 'à l'ombre chinoise'. It mixes a literary reference with nature photography, tagged under trees, photography and books, and has drawn a small but notable amount of engagement so far.
- 2Martha Nussbaum on How We Know We Love Someone▼How Do You Know That You Love Somebody? Philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s Incompleteness Theorem of the Heart’s Truth, from
A new essay explores philosopher Martha Nussbaum's answer to how we can know we truly love somebody, drawing on her work in Loves Knowledge and tracing the question from Plato to Proust. The piece frames love's truth as something forever incomplete, shaped by emotion, literature and philosophy rather than certainty, and is drawing attention among readers of philosophy and books.
- 3New Book Examines Japanese Popular Culture and Visual Novels●Long entretien avec @ JulienBouvard à propos de notre livre sur les cultures populaires japonaises. On discute de visual
A French-language interview with researcher Julien Bouvard explores a new book on Japanese popular cultures, covering visual novels, the figure of the emotional boy, melodrama, and an unexpected connection to Proust. The book's co-author shared the conversation on Journal du Japon, drawing modest but genuine interest among readers of manga, games, and Japanese media studies.
- 4David Bowie's Proust Questionnaire Answers Resurface●David Bowie Answers the Famous Proust Questionnaire https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.them arginalian.org/2026/09/29/da
David Bowie's answers to Vanity Fair's famous Proust Questionnaire are being recirculated, drawing fresh attention to the late musician's reflections on love, fear, death and his greatest extravagance. The long-form interview format, in which artists answer the same classic questions, remains popular, and Bowie's thoughtful responses continue to resonate with readers years after his death in 2016.
- 5Proust Quote on Simplicity Resonates with Readers Online●"...simplicity delights only on condition that others know that you are capable of not being simple" Proust ~ The Guerma
A line from Marcel Proust's 'The Guermantes Way' — that simplicity delights only when others know you are capable of not being simple — is being shared and appreciated by readers. The quote is circulating alongside landscape photography by George Digalakis, pairing literary reflection with minimalist imagery. Discussion touches on Proust's insight into social display and status.
- 6Proust quote on the fleeting mind circulates among readers●All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. Proust ~ In the Shadow of Girls in Blosso
A line from Marcel Proust's 'In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower' — 'All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last' — is being shared alongside photography by Felix Richter. Readers are passing it around as a quiet reflection on impermanence and how our certainties shift with our moods, pairing literature with atmospheric images.