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Boris Vian

Born

in Ville D’Avray, France

March 10, 1920

Died

June 23, 1959

Website

http://www.borisvian.org/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Boris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered for novels such as L’Écume des jours and L'Arrache-cœur (translated into English as Froth on the Daydream and Heartsnatcher, respectively). He is also known for highly controversial "criminal" fiction released under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan and some of his songs (particularly the anti-war Le Déserteur). Vian was also fascinated with jazz: he served as liaison for, among others, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews (Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz) and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France. ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 78,237 ratings · 4,494 reviews · 299 distinct works • Similar authors

	L'Écume des jours 3.93 avg rating — 39,211 ratings — published 1947 — 259 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Spit on Your Graves (Vernon Sullivan, #1) by Boris Vian, Vernon Sullivan 3.57 avg rating — 11,363 ratings — published 1946 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartsnatcher by Boris Vian, Stanley Chapman (Translator), Raymond Queneau (Foreword by) 3.91 avg rating — 6,474 ratings — published 1953 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autumn in Peking by Boris Vian, Paul Knobloch (Translator), Marc Lapprand (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 2,953 ratings — published 1947 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Et on tuera tous les affreux (Vernon Sullivan, #3) by Boris Vian, Vernon Sullivan 3.59 avg rating — 2,730 ratings — published 1948 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Herbe rouge 3.83 avg rating — 2,441 ratings — published 1950 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead All Have the Same Skin (Vernon Sullivan, #2) by Boris Vian, Vernon Sullivan, Paul Knobloch (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 1947 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blues for a Black Cat and Other Stories by Boris Vian, Julia Older (Editor), Louis Malle (Foreword by) 3.78 avg rating — 1,189 ratings — published 1949 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Fourmis 3.77 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 1949 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Con las mujeres no hay manera by Boris Vian, Vernon Sullivan 3.41 avg rating — 939 ratings — published 1950 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Vernon Sullivan (4 books)
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Boris Vian,

Vernon Sullivan

3.57 avg rating — 16,672 ratings

Quotes by Boris Vian (?)

“There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly. ”
― Boris Vian

tags: jazz, love, music, new-orleans

159 likes

“Cette histoire est vraie puisque je l'ai inventée.”
― Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

122 likes

“Les boutiques de fleuristes n'ont jamais de rideau de fer. Personne ne cherche à voler des fleurs.”
― Boris Vian

58 likes

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Mezarlarınıza Tüküreceğim - Boris Vian, 1946, 127 sayfa

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