Autumn in Peking
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Word Count
71,000 words, Guess
Page Count
284 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8532619M
- ISBN-139780966234640
- ISBN-100966234642
- OCLC Control Number58812365
- Library of Congress Control Number2004108149
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- Goodreads141824
- LibraryThing625090
Classifications
- LCC
Description
Translated from the French by Paul Knobloch. Originally published in 1947. In the Exopotamian desert, where hepatrols blossom and children collect little animals called sandpeepers, the sun shines in an unusual way. It produces eerie black zones whose mysteries remain unexplained. Above all, Vian's pecurilar way with language proves that, indeed, life in the desert is equal to none. Since unusual language is bound to produce unusual fiction, it follows that the story does not take place in the fall, nor is it set in China - from the Foreword by Marc Lapprand. The fourth novel by Vian, who was a contemporary of Sartre and Beauvoir. His innovative style, cutting-edge during his lifetime, but only successful in the sixties, made him an icon of the May 1968 student movement.
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