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What does 4chan/lit/ think of this book?

>> No.8275750

Physical copy too expensive; some faggot stole the one my library had; therefore I'll probably never read it.

>> No.8275754

>>8275736
is that a pokemon

>> No.8275756

>>8275750

I managed to get it for £15 after waiting a while for a cheap one to come up. I think that's a reasonable price, though obviously I have no idea what it's like in other countries.

>> No.8275787

>>8275750
There's another translation, two even I think, one is something Foam of the Daze, don't know what it's worth

>> No.8275789

>>8275754
Taurus and Syther

>> No.8275795

>>8275750

Step your game up lad.
It got a reprint after the frogs made a movie with Tatou.

>> No.8276426
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>>8275736
>mfw I just realised the green is a praying mantis instead of a string of snot and the black circle on the face isn't a gaping mouth but a nose

>> No.8276443

This got reprinted as Mood Indigo using the same Chapman translation few years ago.

Really ugly movie tie-in cover tho.

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>>8276426
Holy shit I just enlarged the pic. I thought it was fucking snot

>> No.8276453

>>8276426
>>8276445
I don't understand how you can see any mouths or snot in that. I've always seen the bull + hand + praying mantis.

Use paint to visualize this for me?

>> No.8276567

>>8276443
Good catch. Honestly I don't care how ugly a cover is so long as the contents are the same and the price is reasonable.

>> No.8277100

>>8275736
I fucking hate it in retrospect, although in the beginning I was loving it and by the time I turned the last page I was like: yeah, okay, not that great but still nice. Maybe it's because I've read a lot more since then.

That quirky, playful, oh-so-funny surrealism that just serves to hide a moralistic story, sort of à la Vonnegut but sappier, has left a bad taste in my mouth, now that I try to remember (and I don't even remember how it ends). I wonder why it isn't a bigger hit with hipsters nowadays.

>> No.8277108

>>8276453
the main green of the mantis looks like it is being blown from the monster's nose
his actual nose in the scenario is just a big mouth

>> No.8277712

>>8275754
>>8275795
>>8276426
>>8276445
>>8276453
>>8276567
>>8277108

Sorry to shit up your "is that snot lmao" thread with my thoughts on the actual book, guise. >>8277100

>> No.8277744

The translation of the title is awful. If the rest of the book is translated as poorly it's not worth reading.

>> No.8277762

no idea how you could read this book in anything other than French

>> No.8277781

>>8275736
boris is very easy to read and some of his works are ok.


not god tier or anything, genuine recreation if you can read basic french