Living and Dying with Marcel Proust

Written by Christopher Prendergast

Narrated by John Lee

Living and Dying with Marcel Proust is the result of a lifetime's reading of, reflection on, and love for Proust's masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time.

One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century fiction, Proust's In Search of Lost Time describes a unique journey, combining elements drawn from the timeless narratives of great expectations and lost illusions. In this lively and entertaining book, Christopher Prendergast traces that journey as it unfolds on an arc defined by the polarities in his title: living and dying.

At once a careful contemplation Proust's masterwork and an exploration of the rich sensory and impressionistic tapestry of a lived world, Living and Dying with Marcel Proust addresses such disparate Proustian obsessions as insomnia, food, digestion, color, addiction, memory, breath and breathing, breasts, snobbism, music, and humor.

Entertaining and erudite, Prendergast's book will surely become the companion for all listeners either about to reembark on Proust's three-million-word journey or setting out for the first time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Oct 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765073445

Christopher Prendergast

Chris Prendergast was born in Birmingham in 1987. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Keele University. In 2009 he won the Charles Swann award for his dissertation on David Berman’s Actual Air. He has taught creative writing at various levels and is currently writing his doctoral thesis on the post-industrial status of Birmingham.

Reviews for Living and Dying with Marcel Proust

[clairemays · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Hey, with a narrator like this I did not last part the first 2 1/2 minutes - truth.