One of the main plot lines concerns a newlywed man whose wife develops a rare and bizarre illness that can be treated only by surrounding her with flowers. The book has been translated several times into …

Boris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered for novels such as L’Écume des jours and L'Arrache-cœur …

Nov 12, 2024 · Translation of 'L'écume des jours,' Paris: Pauvert, 1963.

Boris Vian’s “L’Écume des jours,” famously translated as “Froth on the Daydream,” is an enchanting tale. This surreal narrative captures the whimsical lives of young Parisians, Colin, Chloé, Chick, and Alise. …

Nov 4, 2025 · Published initially in French as L'Écume des jours, originally translated as Froth on the Daydream, and filmed as Mood Indigo, this is a surreal cult classic that is now a major movie …

Jun 29, 2014 · Froth on the Daydream is, on one of its many levels, a love story, with Colin swept away by Chloe, the two madly in love and then, briefly, happily married -- but Chloe is a tragic heroine, …

Nov 9, 2021 · Vian, Boris, 1920-1959. Ecume des jours.

Nov 22, 2024 · Froth on the Daydream (French L'cume des jours literally The Foam of Days) is a 1947 novel by the French author Boris Vian. Though told in a linear style, the novel concerns multiple plot …

It has been translated several times into English, under different titles. Stanley Chapman 's translation was titled "Froth on the Daydream"; Brian Harper's was titled "Mood Indigo, Foam of the Daze" …

Froth on the Daydream is a 1947 surrealist novel by French author Boris Vian. Although told as a linear narrative, the novel employs surrealism and contains mul...