Raymond Queneau called it the â€œmost poignant love story of our time,â€ and Julio CortÃ¡zar said of its author: â€œI canâ€™t think of another writer who can move me as

Foam of the Daze
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Raymond Queneau called it the â€œmost poignant love story of our time,â€ and Julio CortÃ¡zar said of its author: â€œI canâ€™t think of another writer who can move me as surreptitiously as Vian does.â€ Boris Vian (1920â€“1959) was a songwriter, trumpet-player, poet, playwright and pataphysician, but is best remembered for his 1947 novel, Foam of the Daze, a jazz-fueled science-fiction romance that mingles bittersweet and surrealist absurdity with a melancholic meditation on the frailty of life. It tells the tale of Colin, a wealthy young dandy, and Chloe, his newly wedded wife who develops a terrible illness: a water lily in her lung. The supporting cast includes Chick, an obsessive collector of Jean-Sol Partre memorabilia; Colinâ€™s libertine manservant Nicolas, a Jeeves for the jazz-age; the philosopher Jean-Sol Partre himself, Vianâ€™s rib-poking tribute to his friend Jean-Paul Sartre and the pianocktail: a cocktail-mixing piano whose individual notes are tuned to liqueurs that mix incredible cocktails. Michel Gondryâ€™s film adaptation of the novel, to star Audrey Tautou, will begin production in 2012.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Tam Tam Books
Manufacturer Tam Tam Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2012-03-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780966234633

Foam of the Daze