L’Écume des jours
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L’Écume des jours is a surreal and poetic French novel by Boris Vian that blends whimsical fantasy with a tragic love story and sharp social critique.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| L'Écume des jours | 2 |
| L’Écume des jours canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: L’Écume des jours Context triple: [Boris Vian, notableWork, L’Écume des jours]
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: L’Écume des jours Target entity description: L’Écume des jours is a surreal and poetic French novel by Boris Vian that blends whimsical fantasy with a tragic love story and sharp social critique.
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A.
Le Monde sans soleil
Le Monde sans soleil is a 1964 French documentary film by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that chronicles an experimental month-long underwater habitat mission.
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B.
La Mer
La Mer is an impressionistic orchestral composition by Claude Debussy that evocatively depicts the shifting moods and colors of the sea.
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C.
Les Mots et les choses
Les Mots et les choses is a major 1966 philosophical work by Michel Foucault that analyzes the historical conditions shaping the human sciences and systems of knowledge.
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D.
La Pensée sauvage
La Pensée sauvage is a seminal 1962 anthropological and philosophical work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that explores the structures of human thought through so-called “primitive” classification systems.
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E.
Récoltes et Semailles
Récoltes et Semailles is an extensive, reflective manuscript by mathematician Alexander Grothendieck that blends autobiographical narrative with a critical examination of his own work and the culture of modern mathematics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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social critique ⓘ surrealist novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | film ⓘ |
| author | Boris Vian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alienation
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consumerism ⓘ death ⓘ illness ⓘ love ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| containsCharacterObsession | Jean-Sol Partre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| filmAdaptation |
L’Écume des jours (1968 film)
NERFINISHED
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Mood Indigo (2013 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist fiction
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fantasy ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ romance ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Foam of the Daze
NERFINISHED
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Froth on the Daydream NERFINISHED ⓘ Mood Indigo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTone |
tragic
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whimsical ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Duke Ellington
NERFINISHED
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jazz ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | existentialism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alise
NERFINISHED
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Chick NERFINISHED ⓘ Chloé NERFINISHED ⓘ Colin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
poetic prose
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surreal imagery ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| notableElement |
anthropomorphic apartment
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pianocktail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| parodies | Jean-Paul Sartre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Chloé falls ill with a water lily in her lung
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Colin’s fortune is exhausted paying for Chloé’s treatment ⓘ the apartment shrinks and decays as the story progresses ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | wealthy young man ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Gallimard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: L’Écume des jours Description of subject: L’Écume des jours is a surreal and poetic French novel by Boris Vian that blends whimsical fantasy with a tragic love story and sharp social critique.
Referenced by (3)
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