ITEM OVERVIEW
A legend throughout Europe, Boris Vian remains little-known in the United States. But this English translation of his 1947 novel is a step in the right direction! A jazz-fueled science fiction story that is both romantic and nihilistic, Foam of the Daze combines bittersweet romance, absurdity and comment on the frailty of life.
"The most poignant love story of our time." —Raymond Queneau
"A kind of jazzy, cheerful, sexy, sci-fi mid-20th century Huysmans. Check it out. There is just no place like France." —Richard Hell
"Foam Of The Daze is a novel like no other, a sexy, innocent, smart and sweet cartoon of a world which then begins, little by little, to bleed real blood until, in the end, the blood turns out to be our own. I read it nearly 30 years ago...and I loved it then; it's still one of my favorite books in the whole world." —Jim Krusoe
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