What's /Lit/ opinion on "Froth on the Daydream" by Boris Vian? My gf gave it to me for valentines day, so I will read it anyway, but I always like to know what you think guys :^)
Have anyone read it? In Le Monde's "100 20'th cetury books" list it's 10'th so I guess it's pretty popular, at least in France. I have watched the film based on it by Michael Gondry and it's great.
>>7699913
It's very good, Vian has a killer way of making the environment fanciful and surreal. It's also a great love story, and if you've got a gf who's this tasteful I'm jealous.
>>7699913
It's playfully surreal and lyrical at times but I found it, I don't know, melodramatic, rather predictable towards the end, too whimsical...those are not the right words and I can't articulate why I didn't like it, especially the second half. I didn't find the satirical parts particularly funny either. You'll love it if you hate Sartre though.
