Download or read book A Passionate Dissenter in the Theater Boris Vian 1920 1959 written by Lily Lipsyc Gold and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Boris Vian 1920 1959 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of Pegasos, Kuunsankosken Kaupunginkirjasto of Finland presents a biographical sketch about the French novelist and playwright Boris Vian (1920-1959). Vian also wrote some 400 songs. Some of Vian's works include "I Shall Spit on Your Graves" (1946), "Froth on the Daydream" (1947), "Heartsnatcher" (1953), "The Empire Builders" (1953), and "Chroniques de jazz" (1967).
Download or read book Red Grass written by Boris Vian and published by Tamtam Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative about an engineer, Wolf, who invents a bizarre machine that allows him to revisit his past and erase inhibiting memories.
Download or read book Boris Vian written by David Noakes and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leven en werk van de Franse schrijver (1920-1959).
Download or read book Boris Vian written by Anne Mary and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De son vivant, Boris Vian (1920-1959) est davantage connu pour ses talents d'amateur de jazz et d'animateur de soirées à Saint-Germain-des-Prés, et pour sa réputation d'auteur sulfureux, que pour son œuvre littéraire. Celle-ci est découverte de façon posthume grâce à quelques éditeurs passionnés, fascinés par cet homme toujours jeune, créateur d'une langue originale et d'un univers foisonnant. Diplômé de l'École centrale, Boris Vian n'exerce son métier d'ingénieur que quelques années et préfère se consacrer à l'écriture. Sous le pseudonyme de Vernon Sullivan, il rédige J'irai cracher sur vos tombes, dans le style des romans noirs américains, en se faisant passer pour le traducteur. Bien que l'ouvrage, jugé scandaleux, soit censuré, trois autres titres de Vernon Sullivan voient le jour jusqu'en 1950. L'image de l'écrivain en pâtit : après L'Écume des jours, les romans signés de son véritable nom passent inaperçus. En 1953, devant l'échec de L'Arrache-cœur, il se détourne de l'écriture romanesque au profit de la chanson, en tant que parolier, chanteur et directeur artistique chez Philips. Il crée également pour le théâtre et le cabaret. Ses chansons, reprises encore de nos jours, ont marqué et fasciné nombre d'auteurs-compositeurs.
Download or read book I Spit on Your Graves written by Boris Vian and published by TamTam Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. "In the tradition of Karl May and Franz Kafka, Boris Vian imagines an American even more amazing that the land he has never visited. "I Spit on Your Graves" is the first novel to put the quotation marks around the "hardboiled" thriller -- a vivid and startling performance" (J. Hoberman). The book is Boris Vian's (1920-1959) sex-and-violence-filled homage to American noir. Originally published in France as J'rai Cracher Sur Vos Tombes -- after allegedly being censored in the U.S. and "translated" into French -- the novel was no best seller, establishing Vian as one of the most famous writers of the mid-twentieth century.
Download or read book If I Say If written by Alistair Rolls and published by University of Adelaide Press. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boris Vian is a rare phenomenon. Nothing short of a national treasure in France, he is hardly known overseas. In his lifetime, he divided literary opinion with masterpieces that failed to sell and best sellers that caused outrage, trials and even deaths, including his own. As an impresario, he became the figurehead of the jazz scene that marked the French left bank at the end of the Second World War and was responsible for bringing Duke Ellington and Miles Davis to France. As a musician, he played his trumpet against the advice of cardiologists, sang pacifist songs before audiences of outraged patriots and, in passing, created French rock ‘n’ roll. Posthumously, he became known for his theatre, film scripts and poetry as well as for his novels. And in May ’68 he became a revolutionary icon.
Download or read book Boris Vian written by Alfred Cismaru and published by New York : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heartsnatcher written by Boris Vian and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boris Vian s early death robbed French literature of a novelist who was coherent while still modern. Heartsnatcher is an esoteric, surrealistic comedy about guilt, set in a deceptively familiar, almost ordinary locale. New Statesman
Download or read book Jazz in Paris written by Boris Vian and published by Fayard/Pauvert. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En 1948, Boris Vian est choisi par une radio de New York pour présenter aux auditeurs " amerlauds " le jazz tel qu'il se crée à Paris depuis les années trente. Pendant près de deux ans, il prend plaisir à enchaîner les disques des jazzmen français ou des groupes franco-américains enregistrés en France. Il le fait dans un anglais bien à lui, avec son élan habituel _ variations comiques et stylistiques, jeux de mots bilingues, fantaisie et humour _, mais aussi avec le sérieux du connaisseur pédagogue. Voici donc en édition bilingue un (ultime?) complément indispensable aux quelque 1 200 pages de chroniques de jazz déjà publiées du vice-président du Hot Club de Paris. Il se révèle toujours, même dans des textes d'une forme convenue, un instructeur aimable et un écrivain brillamment original que chaque titre de jazz peut faire glisser vers les régions fécondes de l'imaginaire. Gilbert Pestureau
Download or read book Boris Vian 1920 1959 written by Geneviève Beauvarlet and published by FeniXX. This book was released on 1982-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un homme “touche à tout”, génial, iconoclaste, farceur. Ingénieur sorti de Centrale, Boris Vian est aussi membre actif du Collège de Pataphysique, joueur de trompinette qui anime les belles soirées du Saint-Germain-des-Prés d’après-guerre, critique de jazz, romancier, auteur de théâtre et de chansons, homme du show-business. Des scandales le rendent célèbre : celui qui suit la publication des J’irai cracher sur vos tombes, et celui que provoque la chanson Le Déserteur, lancée en pleine guerre d’Indochine. Par son ironie mordante, son sens du canular, Vian met en avant l’absurdité et les contradictions des ordres établis. Il fustige ainsi la police, l’armée, l’administration, la bonne conscience, le modernisme, les modes... Excepté quelques fidèles qui comprennent sa démarche, Vian n’est guère apprécié de ses contemporains. Ses attaques agacent les nantis et n’atteignent pas les classes plus populaires. Car Vian est ambigu. Il critique les snobs et appartient à leur clan. Il se veut antimilitariste et traduit les Mémoires du général Bradley. Il ironise sur le show-business mais, en qualité de directeur artistique, il en est un des rouages... Il est devenu un modèle pour la jeunesse de notre temps. Tout ce qui faisait autrefois son style - l’humour, l’insolence, la dérision, le désespoir traité avec légèreté - est aujourd’hui à la mode. Les désillusions, la fin des idéologies traditionnelles, la nécessité d’apprendre à vivre pour soi et de se créer sa propre morale, entraînent une remise en question fondamentale. L’histoire de Vian est reconstituée grâce à des témoignages : ceux de ses amis, de ses proches, des personnes qui l’ont côtoyé au cours de ses diverses activités. Pour la première fois, les multiples facettes du personnage se retrouvent associés dans la biographie de Boris Vian, comme elles l’ont été dans son existence.
Download or read book Foam of the Daze written by Boris Vian and published by TamTam Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Translated from the French by Brian Harper. "FOAM OF THE DAZE is a novel like no other, a sexy, innocent, smart and sweet cartoon of a world which then begins, little by little, to bleed real blood until, in the end, the blood turns out to be our own. I read it nearly thirty years ago in its previous incarnation as Mood Indigo and I loved it then; it's still one of my favorite books in the whole world"--Jim Krusoe. "A kind of jazzy, cheerful, sexy, sci-fi mid-20th century Huysmans. Check it out. There is just no place like France"--Richard Hell.
Download or read book The Manual of Saint Germain des Pr s written by Boris Vian and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rizzoli is pleased to present the first English-language translation of Manual of St-Germain-des-Pres by beloved French author Boris Vian. Vian's book, a guided tour of the left bank cafes, galleries, underground jazz clubs, theaters, and apartment salons captures the transformative culture of the existentialist and post-surrealistic circles.
Download or read book Boris Vian 1920 1959 written by Warren David Noakes and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian Book Analysis written by Bright Summaries and published by BrightSummaries.com. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock the more straightforward side of Froth on the Daydream with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian, a surrealist and existentialist novel renowned for its poetic and creative language. It relates how Colin’s existence darkens gradually when his wife catches an illness than can only be cured with flowers. The novel has been translated several times under different titles, as has also been made into three feature films and even an opera. Although Vian was a poet, musician, singer, actor and engineer, he is best remembered for his novels which are highly popular and often studied in schools. Find out everything you need to know about Froth on the Daydream in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!
Download or read book Froth on the Daydream written by Boris Vian and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle for Las Vegas written by Dennis N. Griffin and published by Huntington Press Inc. This book was released on 2006-04-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1970s through the mid-1980s, the Chicago Outfit dominated organized crime in Las Vegas. To ensure the smooth flow of cash, the gangsters installed a front man with no criminal background, Allen R. Glick, as the casino owner of record, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal as the real boss of casino operations, and Tony Spilotro as the ultimate enforcer, who’d do whatever it took to protect their interests. It wasn’t long before Spilotro, also in charge of Vegas street crime, was known as the “King of the Strip.” Federal and local law enforcement, recognizing the need to rid the casinos of the mob and shut down Spilotro’s rackets, declared war on organized crime. The Battle for Las Vegas relates the story of the fight between the tough guys on both sides, told in large part by the agents and detectives who knew they had to win.
