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The Flight of Icarus

Raymond Queneau

Paperback | Pages: 191 pages

Rating: 3.98 | 531 Users | 68 Reviews

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Title	:	The Flight of Icarus
Author	:	Raymond Queneau
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 191 pages
Published	:	January 17th 1973 by New Directions (first published 1968)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. France. Literature. 20th Century

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”Ah! Icarus! Icarus! why try to elude the fate for which I had destined you? Where have you landed, in attempting to try out your wings? I await your return, whether voluntary or involuntary. In the meantime, all I can do is stare, dry-eyed, at that hard, forgotten lake which, under the hoar-frost, is haunted by the absence of a character. What a fate- that of a novelist without characters! Perhaps that is how it will be for all of us, one day. We won’t have any more characters. We shall be authors in search of characters. The novel will perhaps not be dead, but it won’t have characters in it any more. Difficult to imagine, a novel without characters. But isn’t all progress, if progress exists, difficult to imagine?”

Another masterpiece from Queneau, who again and again gives proof as to why when someone asks me “Who are your favorite writers?” my response is almost always “James Joyce and Raymond Queneau...” (so there, now you know something about ME!)... This 1968 novel in the form of a play (and translated here by the unstoppably badass Queneau translator par excellence Barbara Wright) takes the conceit from such works as At Swim-Two-Birds and Mulligan Stew, that fictional characters have their own autonomous lives and existences independent from the works in which they were created, and are somewhat free to roam about the wide world on their own merry way. Queaneau employs that idea in a madcap parody of Pirandello's Theater of the Absurd when Icarus takes leave of Hubert Lubert’s novel and wanders 1890’s Paris, its absinthe bars, wide boulevards, and mauve parks(?)- all the while pursued by bewildered authors, an incompetent private detective, and ladies lusting after his Icarian je nais se quoi. Icarus’s eventual interest in all things to do with mechanical PROGRESS and the play's setting at the heart and capital of fin-de-siecle Europe can be seen as something of metaphor making on Queneau’s part (blind faith in industry and machinery taking us ever closer to that enigmatic and unreachable SUN which just melts our wings okay!) and comments, in almost-asides in the dialogue, on the limits of space and time and progress make this truly hilarious comedy into something more along the lines of a work of farcical philosophizing. (And is not farce a philosophy of its own?) Anyway, this’ll take you about 2 hours to read, and it’s brilliant and hilarious, so do it.

Point Books Supposing The Flight of Icarus

Original Title:	Le Vol d'Icare
ISBN:	0811204839 (ISBN13: 9780811204835)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.98 From 531 Users | 68 Reviews

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I am a person who loves myths; I also love descriptive writing. Myths are stories that greeks created to explain the mysteries in life, and for me that is so thoughtful. These stories include great descriptions and it makes every thing sound huge.The Flight of Icarus doesn't quite explain something but it still include great characteristics. The author's descriptions made me visualize the myth as if it was a movie in my head! The only problem was that it was too short!

"The Flight of Icarus" is a troubling story to me. The plight of poor Icarus lingers on my nerves, making me wish he just hadn't been so boastful, hadn't flown so high! My heart aches for Daedalus. How awful must it be to watch your son plummet to his death? I long for an alternate ending. Yet, it is exactly because the myth is so disturbing that I rated it so highly. It is a story that sticks. It's theme encourages readers to be cautious, but most of all to be humble -- don't boastfully soar

"The Flight of Icarus" took me on a emotional roller coaster. It was very exciting, especially when Icarus and his father were making wings. This story was also very surprising, but on the other hand, it was sad. It shocked me when Icarus went to close to the sun and his wings melted, and he fell.The essential theme is obedience, always listen to your parents. If Icarus would have listened to his father he would not have gotten that close to the sun and his wings wouldn't have melted, but most

For me the story was well made with important features and details given by the author.This story talks about a father called Daedalus and his son Icarus that were trapped on a prison ruled by King Minos.On the attempt to esacpe the prision flying through the air,Icarus dies and Daedalus cant deal with that much pain of lossing a son,he could barely fly to land.This story catches the readers attention by wanting to know what happens next.The message the author wants to us from this story for me

Last year I enjoyed Raymond Queneaus Exercises In Style, arguably his most famous book, although as narrative goes it was rather slight, being the same story told ninety-nine times in all manner of styles. The title, really, is a bit of a giveaway. As such its been in my mind to read some more Queneau, to experience him in control of a more substantial narrative, to see how his playful style is maintained over a longer story.Read my full review here.

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The story The Flight of Icarus is a compelling story that intrigues the reader of whats going to happen next. I specially was intrigued when they made the wings to fly. I was curious of what would happen next. The Flight of Icarus is also a story with a lot of imagination. It is a very good story and great to read in your free time.