A lonely man rented a room at a ski tourist base. During one unsuccessful descent, he broke his skis and suffered a leg injury. During the difficult journey ...

The famous French writer Boris Vian was also known as an inventor, songwriter and jazz performer, journalist, screenwriter, and critic. These activities woul...

This book introduces the Russian reader to the early prose and dramatic works of Boris Vian (1920–1959). The writer's first published novel, Scolopendra and ...

Boris Vian (1920 - 1959) is one of the most prominent representatives of the post-war French avant-garde. This volume of collected works includes two of the ...

This is the second novel, after “I will spit on your graves,” published in 1948 under the pseudonym “Vernon Sullivan,” condemned in 1950 and sent to the stak...

The main character jumps from the roof of a skyscraper and, flying every ten floors, looks into the windows of the inhabitants: what he sees evokes in his me...

Olm gutted Mimil's father and stole the Heart of Gold. Now all he had to do was attract the attention of the police and evade pursuit, climbing into a room w...

He had already begun his vacation, which he had been dreaming about for eleven long months, and the road was wrapping around the wheels of his car. But at th...

Clams Georgeobert never kept more than 10 francs in his pocket. He put the rest aside so that he would always feel like he was not rich enough. At the moment...

The wolf is a peace-loving animal, and besides, it feeds exclusively on grass and vegetables, but one day, bitten by a person, it turns into a human and sett...

Folubert got ready for a party. Everything should have been as usual: he was sitting in a chair, alone and unpopular. True, this time he had a dream in which...