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From 24th to 27th May, the French Institute, London will host the second edition of the BD&Comics Passion Festival.

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L'écume des jours

Boris Vian

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ISBN: 9782356411440

Date: 2009

The protagonist, Colin, is a wealthy young man with a resourceful and stylish man-servant, Nicolas, and a healthy supply of doublezoons. With dizzying speed, Colin meets and weds Chloe in a grand ceremony. Generously, Colin bequeaths a quarter of his fortune to his friends Chick and Alise so they too may marry.

Happiness should await both couples but Chloe falls ill upon her honeymoon with a water lily in the lung, a painful and rare condition that can only be treated by surrounding her with flowers. The expense is prohibitive and Colin soon exhausts his funds. Meanwhile, Chick's obsession with the philosopher, Jean-Sol Partre, causes him to spend all his money, effort and attention upon collecting Partre's literature. Alise hopes to save Chick financially and renew his interest in her by persuading Partre to stop publishing books. She kills him when he refuses and seeks revenge upon the booksellers. Colin struggles to provide flowers for Chloe to no avail and his grief at her death is so strong his pet mouse commits suicide to escape the gloom.

Un titre léger et lumineux qui annonce une histoire d’amour drôle ou grinçante, tendre ou grave, fascinante et inoubliable, composée par un écrivain de vingt-six ans. C’est un conte de l’époque de la découverte du jazz et de la science-fiction, à la fois comique et tragique, féerique et déchirant. Dans cette œuvre d’une modernité insolente, livre culte depuis plus de quarante ans, la mort prend la forme d’un nénuphar. Seules deux choses demeurent éternelles et triomphantes : le bonheur ineffable de l’amour absolu et la musique des Noirs américains…Boris Vian (1920-1959) passa comme un météore au milieu de notre siècle, laissant une trace éblouissante et vivace. Chantre des délires et des merveilles, alchimiste fécond du langage et des formes, messager audacieux de l'imaginaire, il nous offre des pages inspirées par la poésie des extrêmes, témoignant d'une volonté farouche de créer et de partager.Depuis 1988, musicien et interprète, Arthur H s'est forgé une place à part dans la chanson française, avec sa voix grave, son répertoire jazz, sur une dizaine d'albums largement récompensés.Durée : 7 h

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