UK reviews

Through meticulous research and poetic insight, Prieur delicately gathers fragments from Proust’s life and work, weaving them into a hauntingly vivid portrait of the man behind the masterpiece. Zombie Proust goes beyond biography; it’s a resurrection. With care and reverence, Prieur offers us new eyes through which to see the writer, revealing a Marcel Proust who is as deeply human as he is a literary icon.’ — Ryan McMenamin

French reviews

‘Prieur has succeeded magnificently in bringing his portrait of Proust to life’
—Le Monde

'Every page is shot through with the feeling of overwhelming, enthusiastic, affectionate gratitude that readers of In Search of Lost Time feel for Proust the writer and Proust the man.'
—Le Matricule des anges

'Scarcely any other book on Proust evades with such effortless skill the classic dilemma of whether to relate everything to the work or to the man. Prieur resurrects them both as a single phantom, in the night time favoured by Proust, perfectly conjuring up scents and tastes, with a love which owes nothing to neurosis.'
—Journal du Dimanche

‘Zombie Proust - The Resurrection of a Literary Enigma’
Ryan McMenamin, Ryan’s Substack, 12 July 2025