Foam of the Daze     by Boris Vian, Translated by Brian Harper Original title: L'Ecume des jours Original language: French Original year: 1947 Country: France   Published by TamTam Books Pub. Date: Autumn 2003 Format: 280 pages Dimensions: 0.55 x 8.52 x 5.54 inches ISBN: 0966234634096623 buy now directly from the publisher Free Shipping Worldwide

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From the publisher

TamTam Books is very proud to announce the publication of Boris Vian's masterpiece L'écume des jours. We are bringing out a new translation by Brian Harper with the full approval of the Vian estate. The English title is Foam of the Daze.

The translation made by Brian Harper takes into account the critical edition of Boris Vian's L'écume des jours edited with additional in depth endnotes by Gilbert Pestureau and Michel Rybalka published in France 1994.

Foam of the Daze is a jazz fueled Science Fiction story that is both romantic and nihilistic! Vian's novel is an assortment of bittersweet romance, absurdity and the frailty of life. Foam of the Daze is a nimble-fingered masterpiece that is both witty and incredibly moving. It is a story of a wealthy young man Colin and the love of his life Chloe, who develops a water lily in her lung.

The supporting cast includes Chick, an obsessive collector of noted philosopher Jean-Sol Partre's books and stained pants, and Nicolas who is a combination of P.G. Wodehouse's fictional butler Jeeves and the Green Hornet's Kato. The soul of the book is about the nature of life disappearing and loving things intensely as if one was making love on a live grenade!

"The most heartbreakingly poignant modern love story ever written." Raymond Queneau