If I Say If: The Poems and Short Stories of Boris Vian

by Boris Vian

Boris Vian is a rare phenomenon. Nothing short of a national treasure in France, he is hardly known overseas. In his lifetime, he divided literary opinion with masterpieces that failed to sell and best sellers that caused outrage, trials and even deaths, including his own. As an impresario, he became the figurehead of the jazz scene that marked the French left bank at the end of the Second World War and was responsible for bringing Duke Ellington...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1922064602
• ISBN13: 9781922064608
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Adelaide Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"