Raymond Queneau
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume NDP1240
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Although Loin de Rueil (1944) was Raymond Queneau's ninth novel, it was the first to appear in English when New Directions published it in a translation by H. J. Kaplan in 1948. Nearly eighty years later, Queneau is justly celebrated worldwide for his experimental vision and lexical creativity. Alas, unaware of Queneau's proclivities in the late 40s, Mr. Kaplan approached the novel as one would any old book, focusing on dramatic content and ignoring...
Series
Criterion collection volume 570
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. Based on a popular novel by Raymond Queneau that had been considered unadaptable it is a bit of stream of consciousness slapstick, wall to wall with visual gags, editing tricks and effects.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallimard
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Français
Description
Zazie débarque à Paris pour la première fois chez son tonton Gabriel. Le Panthéon, les Invalides et le tombeau véritable du vrai Napoléon, elle s'en contrefiche. Mais kesski l'intéresse alors, Zazie, à part les bloudjinnzes? Le métro. Et quand elle apprend que ses employés sont en grève, les injures fusent. C'est qu'il vaut mieux pas la contrarier, la mouflette! [Résumé de l'éditeur].
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
A revolt has erupted in a mining town in the Amazon. As a result, a group of men and women are forced to take refuge in the virgin forest under the supervision of an adventurer called Chark. Djin, a prostitute, Castin, a mystic, his deaf and dumb daughter Maria, and a missionary called Lizardi will have to confront thirst, fear, wild animals and insects to survive.