Audio CD
Publisher: French and European Publications Inc (May 3, 2013)
Language: French
ISBN-10: 2356410600
ISBN-13: 978-2356410603
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.2 x 7.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #4,378,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #107 in Books > Books on CD > Languages > French #19438 in Books > Books on CD > Literature & Fiction > General #26988 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Foreign Language Fiction
Boris Vian was born in Ville d'Avery in 1920 and spent much of his brief life haunting the jazz clubs of Paris. As a surrealist, he was closely associated with writers such as Queneau and Bataille, but he also knew Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. As the translator of Van Vogt, he played a major part in rekindling French interest in science-fiction. He achieved instant notoriety with the publication of "J'Irai Cracher Sur Vos Tombes" in 1947, a book which was confiscated by the police and which formed the basis of the much-maligned film "I Spit on your Graves".Published in the same year, "L'Ecume des Jours" -- or as published in English, "Froth on the Daydream" -- marked the beginning of a radical departure in Vian's career. Superficially a love story exploring the hopes and foibles of untroubled youth, it manages to combine the fantastic, the grotesque and the poignant in a matchless blend. The result is a book which has survived the test of time so well that it seems even more appropriate now than when it was written.The opening scene shows Colin in his bathroom, carefully trimming his eyelids with a pair of nail-clippers. He lives in an ideal world where mechanical gadgets perform the mundane tasks and where all the best cooks swear by Freud (Clement rather than Sigmund). This utopian paradise is described with an endearing naivety, rendered all the more charming by the improbable characters who float through it, sometimes literally.Colin's friends, Chick and Lisa, are disciples of the philosopher Jean Pulse Heartre, whose lectures they attend with passionate zeal. When Colin meets a girl named Chloe and decides to marry her, he is so ecstatic that he gives away a quarter of his fortune to Chick and Lisa so that they may also get married.
L'écume des jours Audio livre 1CD MP3 (French Edition) Harry Potter, II : Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets [Livre Audio] [MP3 CD] (French Edition) Perfectionnement Allemand niveau confirmes - learn advanced German for French speakers (Book+4 audio CD's+1CD MP3) (German Edition) (French Edition) Harry Potter a l'Ecole des Sorciers (French Audio CD (2 MP3 Compact Discs) Edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone") (French Edition) Harry Potter, I : Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers [Livre Audio (French Edition) La Bible - Audio livre 10 CD MP3 (French Edition) La verite sur l'affaire Harry Quebert: Livre audio 2 CD MP3 (French Edition) Fascination - Audio livre 2CD MP3 [ Audiobook] (French Edition) Cinquante nuances de Grey - Livre audio 2 CD MP3 (French Edition) Adosphère 1 - CD audio classe (x2) [Livre Audio] [CD] (Adosphere) (French Edition) Harry Potter a L'ecole Des Sorciers - MP3 CD (French Edition) Pop Wuh : Le Livre des événements Harry Potter et le Prisonnier d'Azkaban (French Audio CD (2 MP3 Compact Discs) Edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) (French Edition) Nouvelle Terre - Livre audio 2 CD (French Edition) La sorciere de la rue Mouffetard et autres contes de la rue ; livre audio CD (French Edition) Alcools Audiobook PACK [Book +1CD] (French Edition) French On The Move For Kids (1CD + Guide) (On the Move S) 10 Bed-Time Stories in French and English with audio.: French for Kids - Learn French with Parallel English Text (Volume 2) (French Edition) Je suis petite, moi ? Naega jag-ayo?: Un livre d'images pour les enfants (Edition bilingue français-coréen) (French Edition) Je suis petite, moi ? Chan taw lek hrux?: Un livre d'images pour les enfants (Edition bilingue français-thaï) (French Edition)