Zazie dans le métro
Paris, Gallimard, (January 15) 1959.
1 vol. (120 x 185 mm) of 253 pp. and [1] f. In wrappers.
First edition.
Presentation copy inscribed by Queneau to Yvon Bélaval: “à Yvon Bélaval, en sympathique hommage, Queneau.”
Presentation copy inscribed by Queneau to Yvon Bélaval: “à Yvon Bélaval, en sympathique hommage, Queneau.”
Zazie dans le métro was Queneau’s nineteenth book, and the one that finally brought him to a wider audience. This new fame for the co-founder of the Oulipo is perhaps explained by the utterly striking freedom of tone running through the novel. Has there ever before been a nymphet — however vulgar and provocative she might be — punctuating nearly every sentence with a resounding “mon cul”?
Louis Malle adapted it for the screen the very year of its publication.
Paper uniformly browned; minor tear at head.
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