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Autumn in Peking

2005 Fiction
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Release : 2005
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Autumn in Peking by : Boris Vian

Download or read book Autumn in Peking written by Boris Vian. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Translated from the French by Paul Knobloch. Originally published in 1947. "In the Exopotamian desert, where hepatrols blossom and children collect little animals called sandpeepers, the sun shines in an unusual way: it produces eerie black zones whose mysteries remain unexplained. Above all, Vian's pecurilar way with language proves that, indeed, life in the desert is equal to none. Since unusual language is bound to produce unusual fiction, it follows that the story does not take place in the fall, nor is it set in China" - from the Foreword by Marc Lapprand. The fourth novel by Vian, who was a contemporary of Sartre and Beauvoir. His innovative style, cutting-edge during his lifetime, but only successful in the sixties, made him an icon of the May 1968 student movement.

Midnight in Peking

2012-04-24 True Crime
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Release : 2012-04-24
Genre : True Crime
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Book Rating : 380/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Midnight in Peking by : Paul French

Download or read book Midnight in Peking written by Paul French. This book was released on 2012-04-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger from the author of City of Devils Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January 1937. The mutilated body of Pamela Werner was found at the base of the Fox Tower, which, according to local superstition, is home to the maliciously seductive fox spirits. As British detective Dennis and Chinese detective Han investigate, the mystery only deepens and, in a city on the verge of invasion, rumor and superstition run rampant. Based on seven years of research by historian and China expert Paul French, this true-crime thriller presents readers with a rare and unique portrait of the last days of colonial Peking.

Froth on the Daydream

1988
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Release : 1988
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Book Synopsis Froth on the Daydream by : Boris Vian

Download or read book Froth on the Daydream written by Boris Vian. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blues for a Black Cat and Other Stories

2021-08-18 Fiction
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Release : 2021-08-18
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 133/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Blues for a Black Cat and Other Stories by : Boris Vian

Download or read book Blues for a Black Cat and Other Stories written by Boris Vian. This book was released on 2021-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[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

I Spit on Your Graves

1998 Fiction
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Release : 1998
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 602/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis I Spit on Your Graves by : Boris Vian

Download or read book I Spit on Your Graves written by Boris Vian. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. "In the tradition of Karl May and Franz Kafka, Boris Vian imagines an American even more amazing that the land he has never visited. "I Spit on Your Graves" is the first novel to put the quotation marks around the "hardboiled" thriller -- a vivid and startling performance" (J. Hoberman). The book is Boris Vian's (1920-1959) sex-and-violence-filled homage to American noir. Originally published in France as J'rai Cracher Sur Vos Tombes -- after allegedly being censored in the U.S. and "translated" into French -- the novel was no best seller, establishing Vian as one of the most famous writers of the mid-twentieth century.

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