num_pages: 207
description: Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with her uncle Gabriel. All she really wants to do is ride the metro, but finding it shut because of a strike, Zazie looks for other means of amusement and is soon caught up in a comic adventure that becomes wilder and more manic by the minute. In 1960 Queneau's cult classic was made into a hugely successful film by Louis Malle. Packed full of word play and phonetic games, Zazie in the Metro remains as stylish and witty as ever.
language: English
title: Zazie in the Metro
titlecomplete: Zazie in the Metro
characters: Marceline, Zazie, Turandot, Charles, Laverture, Mado-p'tits pieds, Gabriel
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, French Literature, Humor, Classics, France, Contemporary, Roman, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 8175
places: Paris
publisher: Calder Publications/Riverrun Press