← Boris VianThe Autumn is Deadby Boris VianFind on Amazon↗About the authorBoris VianFrench 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.More by Boris VianFroth on the DaydreamSurreal love story about a couple whose happiness is destroyed by a water lily→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→