Remembrance of Things Past : Combray (Graphic Novel)

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Summary: your kids will love french litterature .... at last!
Review: For the first time, Marguerite (11), Louis (16) did understand and appreciate what Proust means for the rest of us! When I brought them to Illiers (the actual name of Combray village, near Chartres)we asked the "boulanger" for "Proust-madeleine" cakes. But he does not make them anymore. Some shops are for sale, there. Maybe one of Amazon.com readers should settle down and start a "Proust-cake" business there. This book is terrific because the graphics are as "bon-goût" as the text.

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Summary: Toujours, Proust et A La Recherche
Review: How incredible to find my much beloved Proust placed in my equally beloved comics format! At last, the astoundingly complex and beautiful novel is being made more accessible to the masses. The simplistic Eurocomics style is perfect in the uncomplicating process. Heuet has quite adroitly whittled away to the essence. This can hopefully serve as an introduction to the masterwork; at very least, it will acquaint more with what may indeed be the greatest novel of the 20th Century. I was particularly pleased at the attention paid to Proust's droll humor. Can't wait for the next installment. A profound addition to the often mundane plethora of graphic novels.

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Summary: Toujours, Proust et A La Recherche
Review: How incredible to find my much beloved Proust placed in my equally beloved comics format! At last, the astoundingly complex and beautiful novel is being made more accessible to the masses. The simplistic Eurocomics style is perfect in the uncomplicating process. Heuet has quite adroitly whittled away to the essence. This can hopefully serve as an introduction to the masterwork; at very least, it will acquaint more with what may indeed be the greatest novel of the 20th Century. I was particularly pleased at the attention paid to Proust's droll humor. Can't wait for the next installment. A profound addition to the often mundane plethora of graphic novels.

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Summary: Highly recommended for all graphic novel fans in general
Review: Stephane Heuet successfully adapts Marcel Proust's Remembrance Of Things Past into the format of a graphic novel in the first volume of a planned 12 volume series. The result is an impressive work that will aptly serve to introduce a whole new generation of readers to an outstanding example of French literature. Indeed, it was Proust's cogent and discerning observations that in the hands of graphic artist Stephane Heuet that provides today's readers with a revealing and engaging examination of a time when life was more bucolic, less stressful, and contemplation friendly than life today. This NBM edition of Remembrance Of Things Past is highly recommended for all graphic novel fans in general, and Marcel Proust enthusiasts in particular!