Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian (Book Analysis)
Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, as well as a discussion of Vian’s use of language and parody. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 25-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Boris Vian
- Presentation of Froth on the Daydream
- Summary of Froth on the Daydream
- Character study
- Colin
- Chloé
- Chick
- Alise
- Nicolas
- Jean-Sol Partre
- Analysis of Froth on the Daydream
- A world in a language
- A criticism of social order
- A parody of existentialism
- Characters described by their actions
- A novel with autobiographical features
About Froth on the Daydream
Boris Vian’s 1947 novel Froth on the Daydream went almost unnoticed when it was first published, but went on to be one of the author’s best-known works. This tragic love story is set in a surreal world and fuses multiple plots, with rich and original results. The novel stands out in particular for its linguistic inventiveness, and features a dizzying array of puns and made-up words.
About Boris Vian
Boris Vian was a French writer and jazz musician with an exceptionally varied output: he produced novels, poems, musicals, theatrical adaptations of his own novels, screenplays and operas. His first famous novel, I Spit on Your Graves, became an instant bestseller when it was published in 1946, before being banned and censured for violating public decency in the same year. Although Vian died in 1959, at the age of 39, his very modern approach to writing, verbal creativity and tendency to provoke mean that his books met with further success in the 1960s and 1970s and had a considerable influence on French literature.
Product details
ISBN | 9782806269218 |
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Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
Collection | BrightSummaries.com |
Format | |
Pages | 25 |
File size | 1.4 MB |