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Zazie in the Metro (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)

by Raymond Queneau (Author), Gilbert Adair (Introduction), Barbara Wright (Translator)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (3 Feb 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141183918
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141183916
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 282,323 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrived in Paris from the country to stay with her female-impersonator 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.

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book., 26 Nov 2000
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This is Queneau's lightest read - an amusing Parisian romp with an admirably foul-mouthed young heroine leading a cast of likeable eccentrics.

If, like the author of the heartbreakingly dreary one-star review below, you are closed to playful experimentation in literature, then of course you should steer well clear of this lively, thoroughly enjoyable book.

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant and original, 25 April 2002
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This book is fantastic. It is one of the most original books that i think i have ever read. The language and dialogue is so wonderful that despite the fact there is no physical or mental description of the characters you are able to picture and understand them through the language.
The book although it has very little plot is some how held together by the fact that we care so much for the characters, and when it finished i couldn't help but wonder what else might have happened on her next visit and whether she had changed.
Zazie, Unkoo Gabriel and all the other cast of characters are just so fantastic and i couldn't forget Zazie after i had put it down.
The book does sometimes employ strange spelling and long words to sentences that often cut into them and occasionally don't flow as well as others, but once you understand what Queneau wanted to do it is understandable and doesn't really matter all that much.
You have to read this book, and don't let the fact that people pigeon hole it with ulysees put you off as it is nothing like it.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Incorrect spelling? Yep!, 27 Sep 2001
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...If you want wordplay almost on a par with Ulysses, try this. The film captures its spirit of jest visually but it is verbal inventiveness that makes this book.
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This book is dire. How anybody could describe it as a classic is beyond me.

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