Zazie nel metró

Zazie’s going downtown and Zazie’s going uptown and Zazie’s going all around… Zazie has put the entire Paris upside down and turned it inside out in no time… ‘What are all those people doing?’ she asked.‘They’re going to the flea market,’ said the chap, ‘or rather it’s the flea market that’s going to Leggi tutto

“Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.” ― Raymond Queneau, Zazie in the Metro A Raymond Queneau funny-bone tickler, a witty zazissle through Paris with Uncle Gabriel hosting visiting Zazie, the ever oh so very l Leggi tutto

Look, it's quite simple really - if you don't love this book then there is something fundamentally wrong with you. My suggestion would either be medical help or, should you wish to save yourself and the world some time and effort, throwing yourself under the nearest Metro.

„Gadasz i gadasz, to wszystko, co potrafisz” – co jakiś czas – zawsze we właściwym momencie – mówi papuga Zielenina. I owszem, Queneau gadać potrafi. Niewielka, przezabawna opowiastka, z dominacją dialogów bądź krótkich wypowiedzi, która Queneau przyniosła rozgłos. Bohaterem tak naprawdę jest tu języ Leggi tutto

This book is so funny!!! A perfect antidote to the Hamsun I read immediately before. Though I must say that it seriously tested the limits of my colloquial French... I thought I wasn't too bad at French slang, but this book put me firmly in my place. My edition appeared to be intended for French hig Leggi tutto