Manual of Saint Germain-des-pres by Boris Vian
Boris Vian’s (1920—1959) work ranges from the best-selling sex-and-violence thrillers under the name of Vernon Sullivan to the beautiful, surreal novels he wrote under his own name, L'Arrache coeur (Heartsnatcher), L'Herbe rouge, and his masterpiece L'Ecume des jours (Foam of the Daze). After his death he became a hero to the '68 student revolution in France, where his literary fame grew. He is a cult hero in England and America.Georges Dudognon (1922—2001) haunted the St-Germain-des-Prés of postwar Paris, choosing photography as his way of recording the exuberance of the times.