Zazie in the Metro
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Writen by Raymond Queneau
- PublisherPenguin
- Year2023
The cult classic from one of France's most stylish writers'Don't give a damn,' says Zazie, 'whatIwanted was to go in the metro'Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with her uncle Gabriel. All she really wants to do is ride the metro, but finding it shut because of a strike, Zazie looks for other means of amusement and is soon caught up in a comic adventure that becomes wilder and more manic by the minute. In 1960 Queneau's cult classic was made into a hugely successful film by Louis Malle. Packed full of word play and phonetic games,Zazie in the Metroremains as stylish and witty as ever.
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