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Conductor and Other Tales, Paperback by Ferry, Jean; Ballare, Claude (ILT); G...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781939663016
- Book Title
- Conductor and Other Tales
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Item Length
- 7 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Ballaré, Claude, Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 4.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 152 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wakefield Press
ISBN-10
1939663016
ISBN-13
9781939663016
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166691796
Product Key Features
Book Title
Conductor and Other Tales
Number of Pages
152 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Illustrator
Ballaré, Claude, Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
7 in
Item Width
4.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-430084
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
843/.914
Synopsis
First published in French in 1950 in a limited edition of 100 copies, then republished in 1953 (and enthusiastically praised by Andr Breton), The Conductor and Other Tales is Jean Ferry's only published book of fiction. It is a collection of short prose narratives that offer a blend of pataphysical humor and surreal nightmare: secret societies so secret that one cannot know if one is a member or not, music-hall acts that walk a tightrope from humor to horror, childhood memories of a man never born, and correspondence from countries that are more states of mind than geographical locales. Lying somewhere between Kafka's parables and the prose poems of Henri Michaux, Ferry's tales read like pages from the journal of a stranger in a familiar land. Though extracts have appeared regularly in Surrealist anthologies over the decades, The Conductor has never been fully translated into English until now. This edition includes four stories not included in the original French edition and is illustrated throughout with collages by Claude Ballar . Jean Ferry (1906-1974) made his living as a screenwriter for such filmmakers as Luis Bu uel and Louis Malle, cowriting such classics as Henri-Georges Clouzot's Le Quai des orf vres and script-doctoring Marcel Carn 's Les Enfants du paradis . He was the first serious scholar and exegete of the work of Raymond Roussel (on whom he published three books) and a member of the Coll ge de 'Pataphysique., Jean Ferry's only published book of fiction, translated into English for the first time First published in French in 1950 in a limited edition of 100 copies, then republished in 1953 (and enthusiastically praised by André Breton), The Conductor and Other Tales is Jean Ferry's only published book of fiction. It is a collection of short prose narratives that offer a blend of pataphysical humor and surreal nightmare: secret societies so secret that one cannot know if one is a member or not, music-hall acts that walk a tightrope from humor to horror, childhood memories of a man never born, and correspondence from countries that are more states of mind than geographical locales. Lying somewhere between Kafka's parables and the prose poems of Henri Michaux, Ferry's tales read like pages from the journal of a stranger in a familiar land. Though extracts have appeared regularly in Surrealist anthologies over the decades, The Conductor has never been fully translated into English until now. This edition includes four stories not included in the original French edition and is illustrated throughout with collages by Claude Ballaré. Jean Ferry (1906-1974) made his living as a screenwriter for such filmmakers as Luis Buñuel and Louis Malle, cowriting such classics as Henri-Georges Clouzot's Le Quai des orfèvres and script-doctoring Marcel Carné's Les Enfants du paradis . He was the first serious scholar and exegete of the work of Raymond Roussel (on whom he published three books) and a member of the Collège de 'Pataphysique.
LC Classification Number
PQ2635.O96168A2 2013
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