by Raymond Queneau · Editions Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070364022
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«Zazie dans le métro» is a novel by Raymond Queneau published by Editions Gallimard in paperback (260 pages, in French).
Zazie, a twelve-year-old girl, arrives in Paris wanting to ride the metro, but the ticket inspectors' strike prevents it; during her stay she tours the city with her uncle and other colourful characters. The novel plays with spoken French, phonetics and slang, and combines burlesque comedy with social satire.
Work originally published in 1959. This edition belongs to the Folio collection and adds two fragments from the original manuscript: «Zazie vraiment dans le métro».
For readers of French classics who appreciate verbal humour and for students of French interested in spoken language and slang.
Raymond Auguste Queneau was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo, notable for his wit and cynical humour.
