First edition, no mention of print run. <\/p>\n
Written between 1943 and 1944, Vercoquin et le plancton is Boris Vian’s first book. It was published by Gallimard thanks to Jean Rostand, who presented the manuscript to Raymond Queneau, a member of the publishing house’s reading committee. Queneau liked the book and decided to publish it in the collection La plume au vent, which he edited. In July 1945 Vian signed his first author’s contract and the book was published in 1946.<\/p>\n
This farce-like novel recounts the experiences of Vian’s youth, a sort of chronicle spiced up with adventures of the author and his friends during the Occupation. Although it is often said that the title of the novel has nothing to do with its content, that it is intrinsically linked to Vian’s hermetic and humorous spirit, in reality it is undoubtedly to be read as a metaphor. <\/p>\n
Vercoquin et le plancton presents an opposition between the world of adults and that of adolescents that is reflected not only in its narrative but also in its formal organisation. While the first and fourth parts are reserved for the world of teenagers, the second and third present the characters in contact with the adult world. This confrontation is undoubtedly what the title seems to suggest, with humour and a touch of childishness. <\/p>\n
\u00ab Vian trouvait le s\u00e9rieux risible et voyait dans le rire une chose s\u00e9rieuse. Dans son arbre g\u00e9n\u00e9alogique litt\u00e9raire figurent les noms de Rabelais, Swift, Carroll, Jarry, Queneau \u00bb (Biblioth\u00e8que de la Pl\u00e9iade)<\/p>\n
\u00ab Ing\u00e9nieur, trompettiste de jazz, acteur, chanteur, parolier, pasticheur de romans noirs am\u00e9ricains, critique, auteur de nouvelles et de pi\u00e8ces de th\u00e9\u00e2tre, Boris Vian (1920-1959) ne fut jamais reconnu de son vivant pour ce qu’il \u00e9tait avant tout : un grand romancier au style exub\u00e9rant, m\u00ealant l’absurde \u00e0 l’\u00e9motion, le paradoxe \u00e0 la fantaisie \u00bb. (Claire Julliard) <\/p>\n
A fine copy, preserved in an elegant slipcase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
12mo (186 x 119 mm) de 193 pp., 2 unn.l. Original cover printed in red and black, slipcase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":81584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1450],"class_list":{"0":"post-81587","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-first-edition","8":"pa_auteur-vian-boris-2","9":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Boris VIAN","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Gallimard, 1946","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n