The Sunday of Life
By: Raymond Queneau;
Language: English
Quality: Like New
Genre: Classics, Novel,
ISBN: 9781847497109
SKU: BE501211903860
Pages: 224
Description: When shop-owner Julia Segovia decides that she's going to marry the handsome if exceedingly young and naive soldier Valentin Br�, he willingly goes along with her scheme. Little does he know that he will have to contend with disgruntled in-laws, eccentric locals, a cunning wife, a shifty career in fortune-telling, the approaching threat of war with Germany and the mysteries of Parisian public transport.With a cast of eccentric characters, amusing incidents and an uplifting tone, The Sunday of Life - its title playfully alluding to Hegel's theory of history - is a scintillating novel which showcases Queneau's trademark punning, sly wit and delight in the absurdity of people and situations.