L’Écume des jours

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L’Écume des jours is a surreal and poetic French novel by Boris Vian that blends whimsical fantasy with a tragic love story and sharp social critique.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
social critique ⓘ
surrealist novel ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
author Boris Vian ⓘ
centralTheme alienation ⓘ
consumerism ⓘ
death ⓘ
illness ⓘ
love ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
containsCharacterObsession Jean-Sol Partre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
filmAdaptation L’Écume des jours (1968 film) ⓘ
Mood Indigo (2013 film) ⓘ
genre absurdist fiction ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
romance ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Foam of the Daze ⓘ
Froth on the Daydream ⓘ
Mood Indigo ⓘ
hasNarrativeTone tragic ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ
influencedBy Duke Ellington ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
literaryMovement existentialism ⓘ
mainCharacter Alise ⓘ
Chick ⓘ
Chloé ⓘ
Colin ⓘ
narrativeStyle poetic prose ⓘ
surreal imagery ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ
notableElement anthropomorphic apartment ⓘ
pianocktail ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
parodies Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ
plotElement Chloé falls ill with a water lily in her lung ⓘ
Colin’s fortune is exhausted paying for Chloé’s treatment ⓘ
the apartment shrinks and decays as the story progresses ⓘ
protagonistOccupation wealthy young man ⓘ
publicationYear 1947 ⓘ
publisher Éditions Gallimard ⓘ
setting Paris ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century ⓘ

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Boris Vian → notableWork → L’Écume des jours ⓘ
Mood Indigo → basedOn → L'Écume des jours ⓘ
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Mood Indigo (2013 film) → alsoKnownAs → L'Écume des jours ⓘ
linked to: L’Écume des jours
L’Écume des jours → filmAdaptation → L’Écume des jours (1968 film) ⓘ
linked to: L’Écume des jours