A Wolf In Frog's Clothing
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A delightful collection of absurdist humor and satirical wit, this work by the celebrated French humorist presents a series of comic sketches, stories, and vignettes that skewer the pretensions and follies of late nineteenth-century French society. Allais, a master of the unexpected punchline and the deadpan non sequitur, illustrates his singular genius for finding comedy in the mundane and the macabre alike, crafting pieces that feel simultaneously timeless and rooted in the Belle Époque. The tone throughout is irreverent and gleefully subversive, with Allais wielding wordplay and logical absurdity as his primary weapons against bourgeois convention. Widely regarded as a forerunner of Dadaism and surrealist humor, his writing anticipates the comic sensibilities of writers like Ionesco and Monty Python, making this collection as fresh and surprising today as when it first appeared.
Author: Alphonse Allais
Format: Paperback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A delightful collection of absurdist humor and satirical wit, this work by the celebrated French humorist presents a series of comic sketches, stories, and vignettes that skewer the pretensions and follies of late nineteenth-century French society. Allais, a master of the unexpected punchline and the deadpan non sequitur, illustrates his singular genius for finding comedy in the mundane and the macabre alike, crafting pieces that feel simultaneously timeless and rooted in the Belle Époque. The tone throughout is irreverent and gleefully subversive, with Allais wielding wordplay and logical absurdity as his primary weapons against bourgeois convention. Widely regarded as a forerunner of Dadaism and surrealist humor, his writing anticipates the comic sensibilities of writers like Ionesco and Monty Python, making this collection as fresh and surprising today as when it first appeared.