The Blue Flowers

The Blue Flowers
First edition
AuthorRaymond Queneau
Original titleLes fleurs bleues
TranslatorBarbara Wright
LanguageFrench
GenreNovel
Publication date
1965
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN0-8112-0945-8

The Blue Flowers, also known as Between Blue and Blue (original French title: Les fleurs bleues), is a French novel written by Raymond Queneau in 1965.

The English translation is by Barbara Wright, who also translated Queneau's Zazie in the Metro. The Italian translation was by Italo Calvino.

Premise

Joaquin, Duke of Auge, dreams that he is Cidrolin, living alone on a barge in Paris, while Cidrolin dreams that he is the Duke of Auge, travelling through the history of France. Starting in 1264, he travels through time alongside two talking horses, skipping 175 years each time. They will meet in 1964.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Guida, James (28 August 2018). "The New Yorker Recommends: The Daring Dream Logic of Raymond Queneau's "The Blue Flowers"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ Manhaval, Séverine (1 July 1999). "Les Fleurs bleues (R. Queneau): Noé ou le voyage au centre du langage". Babel (in French) (3): 41–55. doi:10.4000/babel.1462. Retrieved 14 November 2024.


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