title: How do I read a Parquet in R and convert it to an R DataFrame?
body: <p>I'd like to process <a href="http://parquet.apache.org" rel="noreferrer">Apache Parquet</a> files (in my case, generated in Spark) in the R programming language. </p>
  
  <p>Is an R reader available? Or is work being done on one?</p>
  
  <p>If not, what would be the most expedient way to get there? Note: There are Java and C++ bindings: <a href="https://github.com/apache/parquet-mr" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/apache/parquet-mr</a></p>