Zazi dans le metro raymond queneau biography

French novel written in by Raymond Queneau

Zazie dans le Métro (translated as both Zazie in the Metro and Zazie) is a French novel written in by Raymond Queneau, and his first major success.

Plot

Zazie, a foul-mouthed provincial girl is dropped off at a Paris railway station to spend a weekend with her uncle Gabriel while her mother Jeanne Lalochère spends time with her lover.

Zazi dans le metro raymond queneau biography

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), which he vigorously denies being.

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 sleepi