Remembrance of Things Past: Combray

Heuet, Stephane;Proust, Marcel

ISBN 10: 1561632899 / ISBN 13: 9781561632893

Published by Nbm Pub Co, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2001

About this Item

c. 2001, PB, Fair, Ex-Library stamps, label on spine and rear cover, edgewear, creased, stained covers, Color illustrations, 72 p. Seller Inventory # 62771

Bibliographic Details

Title: Remembrance of Things Past: Combray

Publisher: Nbm Pub Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fair

Book Type: Book

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Synopsis:

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...

Synopsis:

Using long direct quotations and some shorter, spoken approximations, French cartoonist Heuet skilfully adapts one of the greatest and most inaccessible French authors into a clear and easily read graphic novel drawn in the simple and loveable style of Tintin. When it first appeared in France in 1998, Heuet's version scandalised the French establishment, causing an uproar that reached all the way to the front page of the New York Times. Yet in it's first printing, REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST sold out within three weeks, marking it as both a literary and an artistic achievement, sure to appeal to avid fans of Proust and of graphic novels alike.