Author:Marcel Proust,James Wilby,Jonathan Firth,Harriet Walter,Imogen Stubbs,Corin Redgrave
A BBC Radio six-part dramatisation of Marcel Proust’s groundbreaking series of novels, tracing the extraordinary story of the author’s own life. Starring James Wilby and Jonathan Firth, and with a distinguished cast including Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs and Corin Redgrave, this rich, multi-layered adaptation brings out all the variety and subtlety of Proust’s magnificent masterpiece. Featuring a fictional version of himself - ‘Marcel’ - and a host of friends, acquaintances and lovers, 'In Search of Lost Time' is Proust’s search for the key to the mysteries of memory, time and consciousness. As he recalls his childhood days, the sad affair of Charles Swann and Odette de Crecy, his transition to manhood, the tortures of love and the ravages of war, he realises that the simplest of discoveries can lead to astonishing possibilities. ‘Delectable and memorable’ - Guardian ‘The kind of radio you shoo people out of the room for’ - Independent on Sunday
Brilliant reading
—— HeatAn insightful and funny take on the pitfalls and pleasures of telling the truth
—— CosmopolitanSnuff is a Chernobyl of taboos...Palahniuk investigates his novels for months before he begins to write, so they always have a journalistic reek of authenticity and immediacy: he is like Tom Wolfe on acid... Think of it as The Bonfire of the Inanities. Once you have come down and mopped up the vomit, you will be glad you snorted this particular Snuff
—— IndependentYou'll bite your pillow laughing
—— ArenaPalahniuk is a deeply talented and original satirist...a class act of characterisation and situation comedy, wrapped up in something much more important
—— Daily MirrorSensitive and timeless in the descriptions of a young woman's emotions as she copes with the pain of unrequited love
—— The Times