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Let cynics and snobs consider this project Proust for Dummies--kudos to Heuet and translator Marris (creative writing, Boston Univ.) for bringing Proust to both new audiences and the paneled page with class. Recommended to lovers of classic literature, fans of nonsuperhero sequential art, and anyone putting off tackling Proust.
Though some readers may prefer the flow and sound of the earlier work and find certain changes gratuitous, this work will be of considerable interest to readers who enjoy great literature, whether they wish to compare to previous translations or are discovering Proust for their time.
Scholars of Proust may scoff at a lack of "defining details," but this work will prove a useful tool for those dipping their madeleine in for the first time.
Recommended only for patient devotees of classic French literature who are unable to read French. [The final volume, Time Regained (ISBN 9781843796169. $73.98), is also available from Naxos.—Ed.
Although this program is well done, why not record the newer and well-received John Sturrock translation for a different take on the story? Recommended for individuals interested in early 20th-century classic fiction with a lot of time to listen.
While an audiobook of this work will be enjoyed by lovers of European classics and should be part of all academic and large public library collections, if there is a choice, the faster Rowe recording is preferred.
Audie Award winner Simon Vance (see Behind the Mike, LJ 11/15/08) elegantly narrates this first volume in Proust's poetic seven-volume work, first published in 1913 and alternately translated as Remembrance of Things Past and In Search of Lost Time...