Remembrance of Things Past Swann in Love: Part Three [Hardcover]

Marcel Proust (Author)

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Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: NBM Publishing; 1 edition (Jun 24 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1561635138
ISBN-13: 978-1561635139
Product Dimensions: 28.6 x 22.5 x 1.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #523,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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From Publishers Weekly

It took Proust 14 years to complete his loosely autobiographical seven-volume novel, Remembrance of Things Past, but it has taken Heuet more than nine years to finish even a third of this most ambitious project: adapting Proust's entire 3,000 page magnum opus into the comics medium. In this fourth installment, Proust's narrator revisits the past of a dandy named Charles Swann, who struggles to separate his concepts of art, love and ideal beauty as he develops an unlikely obsession with a young socialite in 19th-century Parisian society. Heuet's translation to sequential art retains the work's distinctive period feel and eye for detail, while necessarily paring the florid prose to its least superfluous elements. With a clear line style reminiscent of a slightly more adorned Hergé, the art likewise renders the characters with a sometimes disappointing simplicity that contrasts both the intricate period backgrounds and the exhaustive social intricacies they contain. Although a true Proust fan will find it no substitute, Heuet's graphic adaptation is a useful primer for anyone who finds it hard to penetrate the French author's challengingly dense masterpiece. (Dec.)
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The acclaimed adaptation continues. Swann is a frequent guest of the high society soirees at the end of the 19th century. When he first encounters Odette de Crecy, he feels no attraction to this frivolous and superficial young woman but time has it otherwise and soon, she becomes an obsession…

"Heuet`s project continues as a successful venture. The narrative that unfolds is self-contained enough that readers new to the series will be able to embark on a tale with a compelling cast of characters and a satisfying beginning, middle and end within these covers."-School Library Journal

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4.0 out of 5 stars Remembrance of Things Past 3: Swan in Love 1, Rembrance of Things Past (Graphic Novels), Oct 22 2008

By Rosemarie Pfaffe "Book Woman" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Remembrance of Things Past Swann in Love: Part Three (Hardcover)

It was, as one would suspect, different from the original novel, but quite enjoyable. The art was delightful and added a quality that I found enhancing to this version of the story as a separate entity. One should not compare it to the original or you might be disappointed. Considered on its own, I found it to stand up on its own merits.

My one complaint with ordering it here is that the title above mentioned and this one: Remembrance of Things Past 1: Swann in Love (Remembrance of Things Past (Graphic Novels)) (Purchased on 08/30/2008) by Marcel Proust are both the same. I ended up ordering two of the same book. So be careful not to do the same thing.

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