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The Flight of Icarus Raymond Queneau

The Flight of Icarus By Raymond Queneau

The Flight of Icarus by Raymond Queneau


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Summary

These hilarious adventures make Queneaus novel, presented in the form of a script and parodying various genres, one of the best literary jeux desprit in modern literature.

The Flight of Icarus Summary

The Flight of Icarus by Raymond Queneau

In late-nineteenth-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel hes working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character, who is now in Montparnasse, where he learns to drink absinthe and is picked up by a friendly prostitute.

The Flight of Icarus Reviews

One of the most prodigiously gifted and influential French writers. The Irish Times

About Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau (1903-76) was a poet, novelist, editor, scholar and mathematician. He is best remembered for Exercises in Style and Zazie in the Metro.

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NGR9781847497116
9781847497116
184749711X
The Flight of Icarus by Raymond Queneau
New
Paperback
Alma Books Ltd
2017-07-04
120
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