Zazie Dans Le Metro (film)
Zazie in the Metro is the English translation of ''Zazie dans le Métro''. It can refer to: * ''Zazie dans le Métro'' (novel), a 1959 novel by Raymond Queneau * ''Zazie dans le Métro'' (film), a 1960 film and adaptation of the novel {{disambig ...
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Zazie Dans Le Métro (novel)
(translated as both ''Zazie in the Metro'' and ''Zazie'') is a French novel written in 1959 by Raymond Queneau, and his first major success. Plot Zazie, a foul-mouthed provincial girl is dropped off at the Paris train station to spend a weekend with her uncle Gabriel while her mother Jeanne Lalochère spends time with her lover. Zazie tells Gabriel that she wants to visit the Paris Métro, but Gabriel tells her she cannot as it is closed due to a strike. Throughout the novel, Zazie asks Gabriel if he is a "hormosessuel" (homosexual), to which he vigorously denies. The two are driven off to Gabriel's apartment by Gabriel's friend Charles, a taxi driver. Upon arriving, Zazie encounters Turandot, the manager of La Cave, a restaurant under Gabriel's apartment, his pet parrot Laverdure, and Gabriel's wife Marceline. The following day, Zazie leaves the apartment while Gabriel is sleeping to visit the subway by herself. She encounters a strange man implied to be a pedophile (or "sat ...
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