Product details
ISBN
9781564781406
Published
1996-10-17
Edition
2. edition
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press; Dalkey Archive Press
Weight
362 gr
Height
214 mm
Width
139 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
250
Translated by
Foreword by
Biographical note
Raymond Queneau (1903-1976) is acknowledged as one of the most influential of modern French writers, having helped determine the shape of twentieth-century French literature, especially in his role with the Oulipo, a group of authors that includes Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and Harry Mathews, among others. Vivian Kogan is associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at Dartmouth College."The most important thing to say about The Last Days is that it works. Erudition is seldom welcome at the gates of satire, but the late Raymond Queneau's autobiographical novel of Parisian student life in the 1920s is profound, complex and instantly likable. It is also very, very funny." -- Octavio Roca, Washington Times "A witty novel that is a witness both to Queneau's marvelous sense of humor and his capacity for self-examination." -- Choice "Dazzling in its wordplay." -- Kirkus Reviews
The Last Days is Raymond Queneau's autobiographical novel of Parisian student life in the 1920s: Vincent Tuquedenne tries to reconcile his love for reading with the sterility of studying as he hopes to study his way out of the petite bourgeoisie to which he belongs. Vincent and his generation are contrasted with an older generation of retired teachers and petty crooks, and both generations come under the bemused gaze of the waiter Alfred, whose infallible method of predicting the future mocks prevailing scientific models. Similarly, Queneau's literary universe operates under its own laws, joining rigorous artistry with a warm evocation of the last days of a bygone world.
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Product details
ISBN
9781564781406
Published
1996-10-17
Edition
2. edition
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press; Dalkey Archive Press
Weight
362 gr
Height
214 mm
Width
139 mm
Thickness
18 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
250
Translated by
Foreword by