This man, with his arms crossed and his legs crossed, who has a furrowed brow, a distinct parting and, a small…
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This man, arms crossed, legs crossed, with a furrowed brow, a distinct parting in his hair and – a little aesthetic whim – a polka-dot bow tie 🐞, this man with a clear gaze despite his slightly pursed lips, this man sitting on a bench, waiting resolutely for the photographer to finish bothering him 🎞️, this man who would already like to stand up, stretch his limbs, gaze into the distance and set off in search of Lost Time—this is Jacques Rivière, Marcel Proust’s dear publisher @nrf.larevue. 🤵🏻♂️🤵🏻♂️
This year, 2025, marks the centenary of his untimely death. 🫶🏻
To commemorate his life and work, @editions_bouquins has published a beautiful volume containing his critical and literary writings. The N.R.F. has highlighted the pioneering role 🧱✏️ he played within the journal, notably as its editor from 1919 to 1925. The @amisdeproust will also pay tribute to him this autumn in their annual issue of the “Bulletin Marcel Proust”. And I’m being told via my earpiece 🦻🏻 that his second novel, entitled “Florence”, could soon be (re)published, along with some of his correspondence. 💌
Jacques Rivière was, to Marcel Proust, a valued correspondent, a loyal admirer and a meticulous and demanding editor. ✔️✔️✔️
If you love Marcel Proust but have never read Jacques Rivière 😨😰, this year is the perfect time to read him and to recognise yourself in him. Rivière, whom Claudel had already described as the ‘ideal reader’. Rivière, Gide’s protégé. Rivière, the publisher who enabled Proust to get into the ‘flow’.
#NRF #MarcelProust #AndréGide #proustagram #RTP #Proust #JacquesRivière #ÀlaRechercheduTempsperdu #Gallimard #CorrProust #Correspondance #Bouquins #DansleflowavecRivière @jeanmarc.quaranta @arianecharton
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