The Last Days is Raymond Queneau's autobiographical novel of Parisian student life in the 1920s: Vincent Tuquedenne tries to reconcile his love for reading with the sterility of studying as he hopes to study his way out of the petite bourgeoisie to which he belongs. Vincent and his generation are contrasted with an older generation of retired teachers and petty crooks, and both generations come under the bemused gaze of the waiter Alfred, whose infallible method of predicting the future mocks prevailing scientific models. Similarly, Queneau's literary universe operates under its own laws, joining rigorous artistry with a warm evocation of the last days of a bygone world.
- ISBN10 0947757279
- ISBN13 9780947757274
- Publish Date 6 August 1997 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 September 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Atlas Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 238
- Language English