Nightmare Abbey/Crotchet Castle (Häftad)
avThomas Love Peacock, Raymond Wright
ISBN: 9780140430455 - UTGIVEN: 1982-01Two nineteenth century novels satirize romanticism, political theories, and society through witty dialogue[...]
Zazie in the Metro (Pocket)
avRaymond Queneau, Barbara (TRN) Wright, Barbara Wright
ISBN: 9780142180044 - UTGIVEN: 2001-11Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with Gabriel, her female-impersonator uncle. All she really wants to do is ride the metro, but finding it shut because of a strike, Zazie looks for other means of amusement and is soon caught up in a comic adventure that becomes wi[...]
Exercises in Style (Pocket)
avRaymond Queneau, Barbara Wright, Chris Clarke
ISBN: 9780811220354 - UTGIVEN: 201301On a crowded bus at midday, Raymond Queneau observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man appropriates it. Later, in another part of town, Queneau sees the man being advised by a friend to sew a new button on his overcoat. Exercises in Style Qu[...]
The Last Days (Pocket)
avRaymond Queneau, Barbara (TRN) Wright, Vivian (INT) Kogan
ISBN: 9781564781406 - UTGIVEN: 1996-09The 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 c[...]
Pierrot Mon Ami (Pocket)
avRaymond Queneau, Barbara Wright, Inez Hedges
ISBN: 9781564783974 - UTGIVEN: 200503Pierrot Mon Ami, considered by many to be one of Raymond Queneau's finest achievements, is a quirky coming-of-age novel concerning a young man's initiation into a world filled with deceit, fraud, and manipulation. From his short-lived job at a Paris amusement park where he helps to raise women's ski[...]
Witch Grass (Häftad)
avRaymond Queneau, Barbara Wright
ISBN: 9781590170311 - UTGIVEN: 2003-01Seated in a Paris cafe, a man glimpses another man, a shadowy figure hurrying for the train: Who is he? he wonders, How does he live? And instantly the shadow comes to life, precipitating a series of comic run-ins among a range of disreputable and heartwarming characters living on the sleazy outskir[...]
