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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Boris Vian , Marc Lapprand , Paul KnoblochPublisher: Tam Tam Books Imprint: Tam Tam Books Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.90cm Weight: 0.345kg ISBN: 9780966234640ISBN 10: 0966234642 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 12 April 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsBeauty and ugliness define the two poles of Vian's outlook. As a literary writer, the man who moved in the same social orbit as Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, Vian wrote absurdist fantasias filled with eccentrics and romantic dreamers. His novels can get dark, but they are full of puns, slapstick, and comedy. Love and weird beauty figure in Autumn in Peking, where a number of people, obsessive types, build a train station and railway tracks in a desert no one visits.--Literary Hub Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |