Boris Vian

Froth on the Daydream

Surreal love story about a couple whose happiness is destroyed by a water lily

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Boris Vian
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.

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