Books by Raymond Queneau
Les Fleurs Bleues (Blue on Blue)
by Raymond Queneau
Les Fleurs Bleues is in the witty comic novel tradition. It’s a double story of a guy in retirement, living on a barge on the Seine, who dreams he’s someone else. And that someone is a medieval nobleman from Normandy who dreams he is a man living on a barge on the Seine.
Interviews where books by Raymond Queneau were recommended
The Greatest French Novels, recommended by David Bellos
Booker Prize-winning translator David Bellos says Les Misérables is the greatest novel of all time. When it came out, “it was an event bigger than the launch of Titanic and Avatar put together.” He picks the five greatest French novels.
