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"I am going to talk about the novel « L'écume des jours » written by Boris Vian in 1947. The english title is « Froth on the daydream ».
So, first, Boris Vian was a french writer who was born in 1920 and died in 1959. He had many professions : he was a writer, a singer, a musician and a poet.
« L'écume des jours » had no success during the life of the author, but it made of Boris Vian a true myth after his death.
There are two cinematographic adaptations of this book : the first one was directed by Charles Belmont in 1968, and the other one, the most recent, by Michel Gondry in 2013.
In this novel we follow Colin, a handsome and nice man, but aimless because his life does not suit him. One day, Colin meets Chloe. Their love makes them happy. They got married and made their honeymoon. But one day, Chloe starts to feel sick. The doctor diagnosed the disease : a waterlily grows in her lung. Flowers are needed to cure her. Colin ruins himself to save Chloe, but vainly.
In addition to Colin and Chloé, the other characters are Nicolas, who is the cook of Colin but also his friend. There is Isis, a woman in love with Nicolas. Chick is also a friend of Colin, who comes out with Alise, Nicolas's niece.
In his novel, Vian criticizes the society in general.
Firstly, he criticizes the Church : we find this theme through two ceremonies, the marriage of Colin and Chloe and the burial of Chloe.
In the first ceremony, everything goes for the better. It is an astounding marriage: the church is large, everything is immense and well organized. The men of the Church offer a great ceremony, they are numerous, they make the wedding last, because they know that they are going to be paid.
On the contrary, at the funeral of Chloe, when they know that Colin is ruined, they botch the ceremony, swing Chloe's body while they're singing merrily, and leave immediately. The fact that Colin is ruined means that he has no right to any mark of respect from the religious men.
All this proves that Vian is not a friend of the Church, and even if he turns that into humor in his novel, the meaning is much deeper and more relevant than we might think at first reading.
But above all, Vian makes fun of the phenomenon "Jean Sol Partre". Chick wants to own the whole collection of books in all editions... He gets defrauded by merchants who sell him objects that may have belonged to Partre. He does his best to attend the conference of Partre. But he does not even listen. Chick wants to give himself an image of somebody nice, somebody "fashionable", interested in Partre.
Vian indirectly denonced the phenomenon of Jean Paul Sartre at his time, people who are interested by Sartre by pure snobbery.
Vian hates this superficiality which had people in the forties and even if he turns that into humor in his novel, the meaning is much deeper and more relevant than one might think at first reading.
To conclude, I chose this book because it's a pretty good representation of the society at the time of the writer. Concerning my opinion on this novel, the love that unites the two heroes is certainly beautiful but the writing style of Vian didn't please me."
"I am going to talk about the novel « L'écume des jours » written by Boris Vian in 1947. The english title is « Froth on the daydream ».
So, first, Boris Vian was a french writer who was born in 1920 and died in 1959. He had many professions : he was a writer, a singer, a musician and a poet.
« L'écume des jours » had no success during the life of the author, but it made of Boris Vian a true myth after his death.
There are two cinematographic adaptations of this book : the first one was directed by Charles Belmont in 1968, and the other one, the most recent, by Michel Gondry in 2013.
In this novel we follow Colin, a handsome and nice man, but aimless because his life does not suit him. One day, Colin meets Chloe. Their love makes them happy. They got married and made their honeymoon. But one day, Chloe starts to feel sick. The doctor diagnosed the disease : a waterlily grows in her lung. Flowers are needed to cure her. Colin ruins himself to save Chloe, but vainly.
In addition to Colin and Chloé, the other characters are Nicolas, who is the cook of Colin but also his friend. There is Isis, a woman in love with Nicolas. Chick is also a friend of Colin, who comes out with Alise, Nicolas's niece.
In his novel, Vian criticizes the society in general.
Firstly, he criticizes the Church : we find this theme through two ceremonies, the marriage of Colin and Chloe and the burial of Chloe.
In the first ceremony, everything goes for the better. It is an astounding marriage: the church is large, everything is immense and well organized. The men of the Church offer a great ceremony, they are numerous, they make the wedding last, because they know that they are going to be paid.
On the contrary, at the funeral of Chloe, when they know that Colin is ruined, they botch the ceremony, swing Chloe's body while they're singing merrily, and leave immediately. The fact that Colin is ruined means that he has no right to any mark of respect from the religious men.
All this proves that Vian is not a friend of the Church, and even if he turns that into humor in his novel, the meaning is much deeper and more relevant than we might think at first reading.
But above all, Vian makes fun of the phenomenon "Jean Sol Partre". Chick wants to own the whole collection of books in all editions... He gets defrauded by merchants who sell him objects that may have belonged to Partre. He does his best to attend the conference of Partre. But he does not even listen. Chick wants to give himself an image of somebody nice, somebody "fashionable", interested in Partre.
Vian indirectly denonced the phenomenon of Jean Paul Sartre at his time, people who are interested by Sartre by pure snobbery.
Vian hates this superficiality which had people in the forties and even if he turns that into humor in his novel, the meaning is much deeper and more relevant than one might think at first reading.
To conclude, I chose this book because it's a pretty good representation of the society at the time of the writer. Concerning my opinion on this novel, the love that unites the two heroes is certainly beautiful but the writing style of Vian didn't please me."
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I'm going to talk about the novel « L'écume des jours » written by Boris Vian in 1947. The english title is « Froth on the daydream ».
So, first, Boris Vian was a french writer who was born in 1920 and died in 1959. He had many professions : like a writer, a singer, a musician and a poet.
« L'écume des jours » had no success during the author's life, but it made of Boris Vian a true myth after his death.
There are two cinematographic adaptations of the book : the first one was directed by Charles Belmont in 1968, and the other one, the most recent, by Michel Gondry in 2013.
In this novel we follow Colin, a handsome and nice man, but aimless because his life doesn't suit him. One day, Colin meets Chloe. Their love makes them happy. They got married and made their honeymoon. But one day, Chloe starts to feel sick. The doctor diagnosed the disease : a waterlily grows in her lung. Flowers are needed to cure her. Colin ruins himself to save Chloe, but vainly.
In addition to Colin and Chloé, the other characters are Nicolas, who is Colin's Cook but also his friend. There is Isis, a woman in love with Nicolas. Chick is also a friend of Colin, who comes out with Alise, Nicolas's niece.
In his novel, Vian criticizes the society in general.
Firstly, he criticizes the Church : we find this theme through two ceremonies, the marriage of Colin and Chloe and the burial of Chloe.
In the first ceremony, everything goes for the better. It's an astounding marriage: the church is large, everything is immense and well organized. The men of the Church offer a great ceremony, they are numerous, they make the wedding last, because they know that they're going to be paid.
On the contrary, at the funeral of Chloe, when they know that Colin is ruined, they botch the ceremony, swing Chloe's body while they're singing merrily, and leave immediately. The fact that Colin is ruined means that he has no right to any mark of respect from the religious men.
All this proves that Vian isn't a friend of the Church, and even if he turns that into humor in his novel, the meaning is much deeper and more relevant than we might think at first reading.
But above all, Vian makes fun of the phenomenon "Jean Sol Partre". Chick wants to own the whole collection of books in all editions... He gets defrauded by merchants who sell him objects that may have belonged to Partre. He does his best to attend the conference of Partre. But he doesn't even listen. Chick wants to give himself an image of somebody nice, somebody "fashionable", interested in Partre.
Vian indirectly denonced the phenomenon of Jean Paul Sartre at his time, people who are interested by Sartre by pure snobbery.
Vian hates this superficiality which had people in the forties and even if he turns that into humor in his novel, the meaning is much deeper and more relevant than one might think at first reading.
To conclude, I chose this book because it's a pretty good representation of the society at the time of the writer. Concerning my opinion on this novel, the love that unites the two heroes is certainly beautiful but the writing style of Vian didn't please me."