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Title | : | Pierrot Mon Ami |
Author | : | Raymond Queneau |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
Published | : | September 1st 1989 by Dalkey Archive Press (first published 1942) |
Categories | : | Cultural. France. Fiction. Novels. Literature. European Literature. French Literature |
Raymond Queneau
Paperback | Pages: 160 pages Rating: 3.89 | 519 Users | 47 Reviews
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Pierrot Mon Ami, is considered by many to be one of Raymond Queneau's finest achievements, it's a quirky coming-of-age novel concerning a young man's initiation into a world filled with deceit, fraud, and manipulation. From his short-lived job at a Paris amusement park where he helps to raise women's skirts to the delight of an unruly audience, to his frustrated and unsuccessful love of Yvonne, to his failed assignment to care for the tomb of the shadowy Prince Luigi of Poldevia, Pierrot stumbles about, nearly immune to the effects of duplicity.This "innocent" implies how his story, at almost every turn, undermines, upsets, and plays upon our expectations, leaving us with more questions than answers, and doing so in a gloriously skewed style (admirably re-created by Barbara Wright, Queneau's principle translator).
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Original Title: | Pierrot Mon Ami |
ISBN: | 1564783979 (ISBN13: 9781564783974) |
Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 519 Users | 47 ReviewsRate Based On Books Pierrot Mon Ami
An absolutely wonderful read. From the irreverent linguistic playfulness to the beauty-in-squalor aesthetic, Queneau embodies so much of what made mid-20th century French literature so special.brilliant, funny, bitter, and hopeless
The late medieval times Commedia dellarte is a farcical fair theatre of masks And Pierrot is a sad clownThe modern times Pierrot Mon Ami is a farcical mystery A fairground is a background And Pierrot is a sad clownthere was the hubbub of the crowds enjoying themselves, the clamor of the charlatans and clowns doing their tricks, and the rumble of the machines wearing themselves out. Pierrot had no particular opinion on public morals, or the future of civilization. No one had ever told him that he
Queneau is a master of character, often sacrificing plot for the creation of personalities for the reader to connect with. As a writer who has often been criticized for the same "flaws," I've always been drawn to Queneau's work. The thing many people don't understand about novels that focus more on character than plot is that the world revolves around the character because he or she is the only one aware of what is going on in. In that way the character becomes a stand-in for the author,
Deceptively lightweight and charming. The witty, playfully erudite writing style is a perfect match for this nonchalantly amused narrative. The first I've read by this author, and the start, I'm sure, of a beautiful friendship.
His mind contained nothing but a mental, light, and almost luminous mist, like the fog on a beautiful morning, nothing but a flight of anonymous midges. I'm interested in mist. Not the mist rising up off the moors in the seeping light of dawn, though I do like that, too. What I'm talking about is the mist in people's minds. I've found references to this mist in many of my recent reads. Maybe it's like how once you become aware of something, find it the first time, you start seeing it
In Old Chicago, the only film mentioned in Pierrot Mon Ami, starts with slow character development and builds interest through conflict towards a cathartic climax that will pave the way for one of the greatest cities in the world to rise from the ashes. The joy comes after the last frame of the film when the survivors can sense what has survived the fire will be stronger. In many ways Pierrot works as a modern response to plot the devices of this film. The burn in Pierrot doesn't mean
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