IMarcel porust wazalwa e EParis ngo-1871 kwaye wasweleka kwakwesi sixeko sinye ngo-1922 (ngoko ke sasiyinkulungwane yeshumi elinanye kunesama-XNUMX). Uyise wayenjalo Ukuziqhenya kuka-Adrien, ugqirha owaziwayo, kunye nomama wakhe UJeanne weil, kwaye ubudlelwane kunye nabo, obabudla ngokungqubana, babenendawo ebaluleke kakhulu ebomini be Iqhayiya.
Marcel Wayengumntwana wesifo sombefu, ethwele ukutya kwaye ezikhusele kakhulu.
Wenza kakuhle njengomfundi kwi Isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iCondorcet kwaye wenza inkonzo yasemkhosini e Orleans. Emva koko waya kwi KwiYunivesithi ISorbonne, kodwa ukulandela isidanga sasekholejini kwakungekho kwizicwangciso zakhe. Umnqweno wokubhala sele uvukile.
Njengaye wonke umfana ozibanga engumbhali, kwafuneka ajongane kwaye oyise ubunzima obahlukeneyo.
Kodwa ngexa lobutsha bakhe, umbhali wayekhokele ubomi obunqabileyo, ethanda amatheko kunye nee "salon" ezaziwayo apho kudibene khona izihandiba zelo xesha.
Ngaloo minyaka babehlala kunye kwi Iqhayiya incasa yakhe ngobomi obuphezulu, ubunewunewu kunye nabafazi abahle (abathi ngamanye amaxesha ahlawulelwe ngunina), kunye nesiphelo sakhe njengombhali kunye nombono wehlabathi oku kubandakanya.
Ngo-1896 wapapasha Iziyolo kunye neentsuku, ingqokelela yamabali kunye nezincoko.
Emva kwexesha, wasebenza kwincwadi ethi, kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, yapapashwa phantsi kwegama lika UJean Santeuil (eyayiyidrafti ye Ukukhangela ixesha elilahlekileyo) nangona wayishiya le projekthi kamva.
Emva kokubhubha kukanina ngo-1905, Iqhayiya wayefuduka kwisangqa sentlalo, de kwaba sekupheleni kweminyaka eli-10 yobomi bakhe, phantse eyokubhalwa ngokutsha.
Yonke into umbhali wayengenalo ixesha lokuyithetha, ukubhala, ebutsheni bakhe, kuba wayethandana nentombazana ethile kwezi "salon", yavezwa kuthotho lweenoveli eziqokelelweyo phantsi kwegama Ukukhangela ixesha elilahlekileyo.
Lo msebenzi uvusa, ngokuchanekileyo, ukuba (elo) xesha lichithwe (lilahlekile kuncwadi) kwimibutho nakwiintlanganiso; kwaye iyakhunjulwa ukuba yayiyintoni: ulutsha.
Ukukhangela ixesha elilahlekileyo ngumsebenzi omkhulu kwaye unzima kakhulu (nangona ubumnandi ukuwufunda), ke ayingabo bonke abathandi boncwadi abakhuthazwayo ukuba bafunde.
Ushicilelo lwevolumu yokuqala yolu ngcelele, Phantsi kwendlela ye-swann, kwafuneka eyihlawule ngokwakhe Iqhayiya phambi kokungaziwa kwabahleli. Umzuzwana, Kwisithunzi samantombazana aqhakazile, yamkelwe ngabagxeki. Kwaye ke imiqulu yokugqibela thotho yapapashwa emva kokufa kwakhe.
Ubuntununtunu, ubumnandi kunye nokubanakho ukuqonda iinkcukacha zemizuzu kunye nokukhanya ziimpawu ze Ukukhangela ixesha elilahlekileyo kunye Iqhayiya.
UMarcel Proust, iklasikhi yamaxesha ethu, omnye wabo babhali wonke umntu uyazi ukuba kufuneka bafunde.