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Los perros, el deseo y la muerte

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Les Chiens, le désir et la mort narre la chute d'un taximan à partir du moment où il rencontre une femme, Slacks, qu'il prend l'habitude de prendre tous les soirs, à la sortie de boîtes. Or c'est Slacks qui conduit et qui prend plaisir à renverser toutes sortes d'animaux. Un soir, elle a besoin de plus et renverse une jeune fille. Aussitôt poursuivie par la police, Slacks provoque un accident où elle décède. Le taximan, seulement blessé, raconte cette nouvelle avant d'être exécuté.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1947

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Boris Vian

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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 (translated into English as Froth on the Daydream and Heartsnatcher, respectively). He is also known for highly controversial "criminal" fiction released under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan and some of his songs (particularly the anti-war Le Déserteur). Vian was also fascinated with jazz: he served as liaison for, among others, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews (Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz) and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France.

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El mayor mérito es, más allá de contarlas, ser capaz de imaginar estas historias.
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