[johnsonjunior]

Recently finished Boris Vian's wonderful L'Ecume Des Jours, translated by Brian Harper as Foam of the Daze.

First time I read it, it was translated as Mood Indigo. Wonderful book. Dada. Pataphysics. Slap stick. Crazy, with a bit of satire and social commentary thrown in.

Any book that has Jean Sol Partre in it, and lists all of his books as various riffs off of (and synonyms for) Nausea is going to be good.

[Unhappu]

Recently finished Boris Vian's wonderful L'Ecume Des Jours, translated by Brian Harper as Foam of the Daze.

First time I read it, it was translated as Mood Indigo. Wonderful book. Dada. Pataphysics. Slap stick. Crazy, with a bit of satire and social commentary thrown in.

I shall re-read it soon too.With your help we might give Boris Vian a chance with our friends here.He is a interesting item in the French literature,far more than the better known names of the beat generation.

[johnsonjunior]

The new translation reads better, IMO. It's supposed to be based upon a definitive text. Mood Indigo, apparently, wasn't.

I was amazed that Boris Vian is actually on youtube. I used one of his videos for a brief blog post here (about Vian and movies, among other things). Wrote the post before my reread of his novel.