Marcel Proust
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David Case
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Edmund White
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"A tale of 20th-century literature 'par excellence' that White makes fun, accessible, and insightful." (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
"White's biography of Proust is a paragon of the genre; an engrossing and delightful piece of work." (Norah Vincent, author of Self-Made Man)
"White's simple and elegantly written biography weaves literary criticism with respectful insight and will appeal to general readers as well as scholars." (Library Journal)
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Would you listen to Marcel Proust again? Why?
Absolutely.What was one of the most memorable moments of Marcel Proust?
The bio is a wonderful mix of biographical details and well picked quotes from his works.What didn’t you like about David Case’s performance?
I didn't like it. He has a pretentious tone, especially at the end of the sentence, which makes his reading slightly annoying and monotonous, thus diminishing the richness of the text.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. It deserves a slower read.Good bio, so-and-so reading
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What did you love best about Marcel Proust?
He was a reader since childhood. And he transformed his own life as the subject of his books, writing it as fiction and creating his proper style of writing.What other book might you compare Marcel Proust to and why?
James Joyce's Ulysses because both Joyce and Proust books recreate a new form of making literature with te subject of their proper lives, but adding a sense of irony.What about David Case’s performance did you like?
Excellent.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The narration of the author's childhood.An excellent biography
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For someone with absolutely no knowledge of Proust, this book would make a decent little introduction, though it is somewhat scattered, both in presentation and selection from the literary and biographical material. Even those who have only read Du c?t? de chez Swann (Swann’s Way) and have yet to read the remainder of the novels might find some interesting insights into the overall architecture of the entire work (though White tends to pick only the rather obvious).
Indeed, one would get a better introduction to Proust simply by reading his own writings (which are now available on Audible in the unabridged so-so C.K. Scott Moncrieff translation).
For veteran readers of Proust as well as for Proust scholars, this book is largely a waste of time, unless academic pressures require one to know what Edmund White happens to think of the author. Scholars certainly do not share some of his views, for instance that Proust’s women in ? la recherche are merely the men from his life in literary drag.
The narrator for this title, David Case, has a nice reading tone. He does, however, have the annoying habit of affecting quotations from Proust in an odd exaggerated voice that starts to seem demeaning. His pronunciation of French is also inadequate. For instance, he pronounces “fille” (daughter) like “fils” (son).
Overall, I found this book disappointing.
Read Proust himself instead.
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