Blues for a Black Cat and Other Stories |
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| Foreword by:
| Malle, Louis |
| Author:
| Vian, Boris |
| Translator:
| Older, Julia |
| Preface by:
| Older, Julia |
| Series title: | French Modernist Library |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4962-1513-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2021 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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"[
Blues for a Black Cat] brings back the nimble Vian in a collection of his short fiction, initially published as
Les Fourmis in 1949. The work has the unmistakable flavor of the time and place, Claude Abadie's jazz band, the coded and absurdist messages of rebellion, the wistful fables, verbal riffs and goofy anarchic encounters; the mise-en-scene includes an expiring jazzman who sells his sweat, a cat with a British accent and a piano that mixes a cocktail...
More Description"[Blues for a Black Cat] brings back the nimble Vian in a collection of his short fiction, initially published as Les Fourmis in 1949. The work has the unmistakable flavor of the time and place, Claude Abadie's jazz band, the coded and absurdist messages of rebellion, the wistful fables, verbal riffs and goofy anarchic encounters; the mise-en-scene includes an expiring jazzman who sells his sweat, a cat with a British accent and a piano that mixes a cocktail when "Mood Indigo" is played."--Boston Globe