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The Flight of Icarus: Novel

Raymond Queneau

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Called by some the French Borges, by others the creator of le nouveau roman a generation ahead of its time, Raymond Queneau's work in fiction continues to defy strict categorization. The Flight of Icarus (Le Vol d'lcare) is his only novel written in the form of a play: seventy-four short scenes, complete with stage directions. Consciously parodying Pirandello and Robbe-Grillet, it begins with a novelist's discovery that his principal character, Icarus by name, has vanished. This, in turn, sets off a rash of other such disappearances. Before long, a number of desperate authors are found in search of their fugitive characters, who wander through the Paris of the 1890s, occasionally meeting one another, and even straying into new novels. Icarus himself--perhaps following the destiny his name suggests--develops a passion for horseless carriages, kites, and machines that fly. And throughout the almost vaudevillian turns of the plot, we are aware, as always, of Queneau's evident delight at holding the thin line between farce and philosophy.

Book Details

  • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
  • Publish Date: Jan 17th, 1973
  • Pages: 191
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.02in - 5.25in - 0.54in - 0.45lb
  • EAN: 9780811204835
  • Categories: • General

About the Author

Queneau, Raymond: - Raymond Queneau (1903-1976) is acknowledged as one of the most influential of modern French writers, having helped determine the shape of twentieth-century French literature, especially in his role with the Oulipo, a group of authors that includes Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and Harry Mathews, among others.

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JCO correct as usual. but I think we are due for a revival of pre-Oulipo Raymond Queneau any day. Odile was a great little novel https://t.co/BqqwOZmEQu

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the complete guide to the French New Wave and New Wave cinema from around the world

28/10/60: Louis Malle's Zazie Dans Le Metro based on the novel by Raymond Queneau, w/ Catherine Demongeot and Philippe Noiret. @Criterion essay by @Gigivincendeau: https://t.co/jyWMJoGcQo @jrosenbaum2002 review: https://t.co/BBbyh8Ctoe

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#5QuestionsWith: Perhaps it’s fitting that Zazie Beetz, whose name was inspired by Raymond Queneau’s novel Zazie in the Metro, loves Paris. She spoke to the Cut about her “boho weird” style, how she chooses which roles to take on and, of course, Paris https://t.co/su7D1Zc5PZ

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