Marcel PROUST Handwritten letter signed to Lauris. The death of his mother

  

The Autographes des Siècles bookstore has been specializing in the sale of autograph letters and manuscripts for many years. Signed autograph letter to Georges de Lauris. Slnd [shortly after February 18, 1907]. Kolb, volume VII, pages 87-88. "The eyes of memory eventually stop seeing anything when you stare at them too much.

Proust offers his friendly support to Lauris after the death of his mother. "My dear Georges, It is useful that I respond immediately to your letter for which I can never thank you enough, because as incapable as I am of writing at the moment I am writing to you (I will explain a thousand things to you), it is essential to clarify two things for you. Is for what you say about the images of your mother in your memory.

At this moment, I know that it is easier said than done, do not try to see her because you will only see her too sadly, sick, perhaps dead, and especially if you try too hard you will not be able to picture her. Mama experienced this torment, never seeing her mother again, nor thinking, when she wanted to think, except in a flash of sleep, and even then so painfully. The eyes of memory eventually stop seeing anything when you stare at them too much. At this moment, simply try to live, to survive, letting all this happen in you without the collaboration of your will, and the sweet images will reappear on their own to never leave you again.

The other thing is that when a moral physiognomy must dominate me, few traits are enough for me and I reconstruct everything with certainty. I know your mother so well that you cannot tell me anything that I do not already know, and you cannot tell me anything that I do not listen to, not with interest or sympathy, but with a truly painful eagerness. Know, Georges, that I never think of anything else and that my need to see you is currently a need to hear you talk about her. If you could come to my house early tonight (9pm, 9:30pm), it seems to me that my night would be calmer.

Unfortunately, I am writing to you under the influence of a medication that blurs my already confused writing. I hope, however, that you will be able to read my tenderness and my sadness in it.

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