Boris Vian
French author whose surrealist and satirical fiction captured the spirit of postwar Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Froth on the Daydream (L'Ecume des jours) is his masterpiece, a darkly beautiful love story.
Works
- Froth on the DaydreamSurreal love story about a couple whose happiness is destroyed by a water lily
- The Autumn is Dead
- Red Grass
- The Empire BuildersAbsurdist play depicting the violent conquest and colonization of a space
- I Spit on Your GravesCrime novel written under pseudonym with violent and transgressive content