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The Sunday of Life by Raymond Queneau; Barbara Wright (Translator)
Category: Classic Fiction
When shop-owner Julia Segovia decides that she's going to marry the handsome if exceedingly young and naive soldier Valentin Brû, 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 fortu ...Show more
We Always Treat Women Too Well by Raymond Queneau
Category: Fiction | Series: New York Review Books Classics
"We Always Treat Women Too Well" was first published as a purported work of pulp fiction by one Sally Mara, but this novel by Raymond Queneau is a further manifestation of his sly, provocative, wonderfully wayward genius. Set in Dublin during the 1916 Easter rebellion, it tells of a nubile beauty who fi ...Show more
We Always Treat Women Too Well by Raymond Queneau; Barbara Wright (Translator)
Category: Classic Fiction
Published originally as the purported French translation of a novel by fictional Irish writer Sally Mara, We Always Treat Women Too Well is set in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising and tells the story of the siege of a small post office by a group of rebels, who discover to their embarrassment that a ...Show more
Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau
Category: Classic Fiction
The cult classic from one of France's most stylish writersImpish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with her uncle Gabriel. 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 ...Show more
Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Impish, 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 wilder ...Show more