L'écume des jours
A crazy story featuring surprisingly modern love duets for postwar neologisms galore and an exaggerated caricature of social structures and
currents of thought of the time. The characters evolve in a bright or glaucous environment, but always strange, according to a choreography
as unpredictable as a jazz solo.
Colin's friend Chick is so obsessed with his compulsive adoration of Jean-Sol Partre (the romantic avatar of Sartre), he forgets all the
rest, to the great despair of his fiancée Alise who will not hesitate not to retaliate in a big way.
Now, with time, the strangeness of the situations has assumed a dreamlike dimension and the varnish of rebellion has peeled off in favor
of a poignant story of love and friendship. This universal theme created the legend of the novel, prompting the growing enthusiasm of
readers.