Blues for a Black Cat & Other Stories

Boris Vian (1920¿59), a trained engineer and jazz trumpet player, was a major literary figure in World War II France. Julia Older is the author or editor of many works. Her stories, translations, and poems have appeared in New Directions, the New Yorker, and many other journals.

About the author

Boris Vian (1920-59), a trained engineer and jazz trumpet player, was a major literary figure in World War II France. Julia Older is the author or editor of many works. Her stories, translations, and poems have appeared in New Directions, the New Yorker, and many other journals.

Summary

Features ten of the author's best short stories, evoking the seamy side of '50s Parisian night life.

Product details

• Authors: Boris Vian
• Assisted by: Julia Older (Editor), Julia Older (Translation)
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2001
• EAN: 9780803296091
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-9609-1
• No. of pages: 118
• Dimensions: 121 mm x 211 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 168 g
• Series: French Modernist Library; French Modernist Library
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature