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Highlights
- Autumn in Peking takes place in an imaginary desert called Exopotamie, where a train station and a railway line are under construction.
- Author(s): Boris Vian
- 284 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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Book Synopsis
Autumn in Peking takes place in an imaginary desert called Exopotamie, where a train station and a railway line are under construction. Homes are destroyed to lay the lines, which turn out to lead nowhere. In part a satire on the reconstruction of postwar Paris, Vian's novel also conjures a darker version of Alice in Wonderland.Review Quotes
Beauty and ugliness define the two poles of Vian's outlook. As a literary writer, the man who moved in the same social orbit as Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, Vian wrote absurdist fantasias filled with eccentrics and romantic dreamers. His novels can get dark, but they are full of puns, slapstick, and comedy. Love and weird beauty figure in Autumn in Peking, where a number of people, obsessive types, build a train station and railway tracks in a desert no one visits.-- "Literary Hub"
Dimensions (Overall): 8.64 Inches (H) x 5.44 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: .76 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 284
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Tamtam Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Boris Vian
Language: English
Street Date: February 29, 2012
TCIN: 88182987
UPC: 9780966234640
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-4519
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.76 pounds
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