Swann's Way forms the first part of Marcel Proust's magnificent autobiographical cycle Remembrance of Things Past. Here, Proust's vision, psychological understanding and vivid powers of description combine to create one of the most poetic and magical works in all literature. For lovers of the original text there are new delights to be found in this audiobook version, while those dicovering the work for the first time may be surprised to find it so accessible.
“For sheer joy, I could listen forever to Neville Jason, notably inhabiting the 10 parts of Marcel Proust’s The Remembrance of Things Past (Naxos AudioBooks).”
Washington Post ...
“Jason's intelligent cutting, amazing command of accents and tones (listen for his bumbling Bloch, his cockney Francoise, his unctuous Charlus) and his choice of musical interludes make these CDs irresistible. Jason can transform the mere enunciation of a syllable into a moment bienheureux, a madeleine-like feeling of bliss. For anybody who's been daunted at the prospect of starting Proust, these recordings provide an ingratiating alternative.”
AudioFile Magazine...
“Reading Proust's great work may be daunting, but listening--at least to the first part of the seven-section novel-- is a riveting experience, an insightful, often funny, poetical exploration of character, place, emotion and idea. Neville Jason is a master at characterizing the multitude of voices and guides us seamlessly through time. After such a short, yet exquisite, sampling of this classic, we are tantalized and long to continue.”
