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Zazie dans le métroZazie dans le métro

Zazie dans le métro1959

Raymond Queneau

3.6(9)on Hardcover

About this book

The cult classic from one of France's most stylish writers 'Don't give a damn,' says Zazie, 'what I wanted was to go in the metro' Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with her uncle Gabriel. All she really wants to do is ride the metro, but finding it shut because of a strike, Zazie looks for other means of amusement and is soon caught up in a comic adventure that becomes wilder and more manic by the minute. In 1960 Queneau's cult classic was made into a hugely successful film by Louis Malle. Packed full of word play and phonetic games, Zazie in the Metro remains as stylish and witty as ever.

Details

First published
1959
OL Work ID
OL1364490W

Subjects

FictionChildrenRégie autonome des transports parisiensFiction, generalParis (france), fictionFiction, action & adventureLittérature françaiseFrench fictionFrench language materialsSubwaysChildren's storiesFrench literature

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