The Washington Post recently called Neville Jason "the audiobook world's unofficial marathon man." We all marvel at Neville's accomplishments--his recording of WAR AND PEACE is a 70-hour epic; Proust's REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST is 50 hours; and the comparably short THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE is just 16 hours. How does his voice fare for these marathon recordings? "For trained professionals, good technique is essential, so the voice wearing out is never an issue. What's much more relevant is the mental and physical fatigue. Exhaustion affects concentration, and this is what suffers, rather than the voice!" Neville's Proust project was recorded over five years, as Neville also abridged the books as he went along and translated the last book. He also wrote and recorded Naxos's biography of Proust, and for a BBC Radio program called "Proust's Way," recorded from the locations in France that Proust fictionalized. Neville lives in London and has enjoyed a varied theater career of stage, radio, film, and television like so many British actors. Neville's War and Peace earned him a 2007 Audies Finalist nomination in the Solo Male Narration category. His next audio project is Voltaire's CANDIDE and ZADIG.

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