Rolls, Alistair <br/><br/>
If I say If: The Poems and Short Stories of Boris Vian 

 -  University of Adelaide Press  2014 
 - 1 electronic resource (412 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> 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 and Miles Davis to France. As a musician, he played his trumpet against the advice of cardiologists, sang pacifist songs before audiences of outraged patriots and, in passing, created French rock ‘n’ roll. Posthumously, he became known for his theatre, film scripts and poetry as well as for his novels. And in May ’68 he became a revolutionary icon. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>vian-if 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.20851/vian-if  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literary studies: poetry & poets<br/>Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>french english a life in paradox translation the poetry of boris vian je veux pas crever translated maria freij boris vian the poems and short stories of boris vian if i say if christelle conzalo peter hodges francois roulmann rereading vian: a poetics of partial disclosure audrey camus the short stories of boris vian boris vian and short fiction translating boris vian Paris