Zazie in the Metro

by Raymond Queneau

Barbara Wright (Translator) and Gilbert Adair (Introduction)

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Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with Gabriel, her female-impersonator uncle. All she really wants to do is ride the metro, but finding it shut because of a strike, Zazie looks for other means of amusement and is soon caught up in a comic adventure that becomes wilder and more manic by the minute. In 1960 Queneau's cult classic was made into a hugely successful film by Louis Malle. Packed full of word play and phonetic games, Zazie in the Metro remains as stylish and witty as ever.
  • ISBN10 0142180041
  • ISBN13 9780142180044
  • Publish Date 25 October 2001 (first published 1 December 1982)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 3 June 2023
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Penguin Classics