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THE SUNDAY OF LIFE
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| By: |
Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847497101 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847497109 |
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| Publisher: |
ALMA BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
4 July, 2017 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
"Though The Sunday of Life is set in one of the most traumatic of recent periods--1936-40, the dark years leading up to the Second World War and including the fall of France... it nevertheless does indeed manage to be one of Queneau's happiest, sunniest, and most undated novels" - Barbara Wright |
| Synopsis: |
When shop-owner Julia Segovia decides that she's going to marry the handsome if exceedingly young and naive soldier Valentin Bru, he willingly goes along with her scheme. Little does he know that he will have to contend with disgruntled in-laws, eccentric locals, a cunning wife, a shifty career in fortune-telling, the approaching threat of war with Germany and the mysteries of Parisian public transport.With a cast of eccentric characters, amusing incidents and an uplifting tone, The Sunday of Life - its title playfully alluding to Hegel's theory of history - is a scintillating novel which showcases Queneau's trademark punning, sly wit and delight in the absurdity of people and situations. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Alma Classics |
| Returns: |
Returnable |