by Raymond Queneau · Editions Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070373123
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«On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes» is the novel by Raymond Queneau published in the Folio collection in paperback format (224 pages, in French).
The novel is set in Dublin during the nationalist uprising of Easter Monday 1916: seven rebels occupy a post office and, amid the British siege, discover that Gertie Girdle, a young woman, has remained inside; the rebels' problem will be behaving with her as gentlemen. The tone combines irony and black humour.
Queneau signed the novel with the pseudonym Sally Mara, as indicated by the subtitle «un roman irlandais de Sally Mara». The novel was originally published in 1947; this paperback edition is from 1981.
A work for those who enjoy classic French literature, ironic humour and historical episodes treated from a satirical perspective.
Raymond Auguste Queneau was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo, notable for his wit and cynical humour.
