Froth on the Daydream
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Froth On The Daydream (French: L'Écume Des Jours, lit. "The Froth Of Days") is a 1947 surrealist novel by French author Boris Vian. Although told as a linear narrative, the novel employs surrealism and contains multiple plot lines, including the love stories of two couples, talking mice, and a man who ages years in a week. 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.
Author | Boris Vian |
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Original title | L'Écume des jours |
Translator | Stanley Chapman |
Language | French |
Genre | Science fiction Fantasy Comedy Romance Tragedy |
Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 1947 |
Publication place | France |
Published in English | November 1967 (Rapp & Carroll) |
Media type | |
Pages | 214 |
The book has been translated several times into English under different titles. Stanley Chapman's translation is titled Froth on the Daydream (Rapp & Carroll, 1967),[1] John Sturrock's is called Mood Indigo (Grove Press, 1968),[2] and Brian Harper's is named Foam of the Daze (TamTam Books, 2012).[3] A 2014 edition based on the 2013 film adaptation and published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux is also titled Mood Indigo.[4]
Froth on the Daydream has been adapted into three feature films, two music albums, and an opera.