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Sunday of Life

by Raymond Queneau · 1952

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When shop-owner Julia Segovia decides that she's going to marry the handsome if exceedingly young and naive soldier Valentin Bru , he willingly goes along with her scheme. Little does he know that he will have to con- tend with disgruntled in-laws, eccentric locals, a vulgar and cunning wife, a shifty career in fortune-telling, the approaching threat of war with Germany and the mysteries of Parisian public transport.

Setting
1950sFranceParis
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 200 pages

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