Mood Indigo by Boris Vian

  •
1 1

Mood Indigo by Boris Vian

Checking stock...
Checking stock...
Summary

A forgotten French classic of life, love and lost innocence

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free delivery in Australia
  • Supporting authors with AuthorSHARE
  • 100% recyclable packaging
  • Proud to be a B Corp – A Business for good
  • Buy-back with Ziffit

Mood Indigo by Boris Vian

'A mad, moving, beautiful novel' Independent The world of Mood Indigo is a stained-glass cartoon kind of a place, where the piano dispenses cocktails, the kitchen mice dance to the sound of sunbeams, and the air is three parts jazz. Colin is a wealthy young aristocrat with a big heart. The instant he sees Chloe, bass drums thump inside his shirt, and soon the two are married. Typically generous, Colin gives a quarter of his fortune to his best friend Chick so he can marry Chloe's friend Alyssum. But a lily grows in Chloe's lung, and Colin must spend his remaining fortune on the only available treatment: surrounding her daily with fresh flowers. Chick squanders his share of Colin's money on rare books and it is not long before the friends are forced to sacrifice their carefree lives to soul-crushing work. A surreal cult classic that continues to inspire and endure, Mood Indigo is an animated and delightful satire.

You might also like

Your heart will be brokenYou will be confused and confounded. You will laugh aloud. And at least for a time, however hard you try, your own world will refuse to be what you think it is * LA Times *
The most heartbreakingly poignant modern love story ever written -- Raymond Queneau
A rare example of Gallic magical realism * New Statesman *
Boris Vian (1920-59) was a French writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. Best remembered for L'Écume des jours (translated into English by Stanley Chapman as Froth on the Daydream and renamed Mood Indigo to tie in with the film), Vian's work is characterised by the dazzling wordplay and surreal plots which made him a cult figure in 1960s France and beyond.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781800818743
ISBN 10 1800818742
Title Mood Indigo
Author Boris Vian
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Year published 2024-09-05
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note Unavailable