Author: Queneau, Raymond
Title: The Blue Flowers
Description: New York: Atheneum, 1967. 1967. New York: Atheneum, 1967. 1967. Very good. - Octavo, teal cloth in a dust wrapper. The top & bottom edges of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are darkened. There is some light foxing to the dust jacket with a few small stains to the front edge of its front panel. 224 pages. The fore-edge is slightly foxed. Very good.

First American edition.

Raymond Queneau [1903–1976) was a French novelist, poet, scientist and mathematician, notable for his wit and cynical humor. He was active in the Surrealist movement until 1929. He was co-founder of Ouvroir de littérature potentielle (Oulipo) and from 1956 directed Gallimard's massive publication Encyclopedie de la Pleiade.

Translated from the French by Barbara Wright. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; FRENCH AUTHOR; POET; NOVELIST; SCIENTIST; MATHEMATICIAN; RAYMOND QUENEAU; THE BLUE FLOWERS; BARBARA WRIGHT, TRANSLATOR; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

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