If I Say If: The Poems and Short Stories of Boris Vian

Foreword Marc Lapprand Boris Vian: A Life in Paradox Alistair Rolls, John West-Sooby and Jean Fornasiero Note on the Texts PART I: THE POETRY OF BORIS VIAN Translated by Maria Freij     I wouldn't wanna die     Why do I live     Life is a like a tooth     There was a brass lamp     When the wind's blowing through my skull     I'm no longer at ease     If I were a poet-o     I bought some bread, stale and all     There is sunshine in the street     A stark naked man was walking     My rapier hurts     They are breaking the world     Yet another     I should like     If I say if     A poet     If poets weren't such fools     It would be there, so heavy     There are those who have dear little trumpets     I want a life shaped like a fishbone     One day     Everything has been said a hundred times     I shall die of cancer of the spine Rereading Vian: A Poetics of Partial Disclosure Alistair Rolls PART II: THE SHORT STORIES OF BORIS VIAN Translated by Peter Hodges     Martin called...     The Swimming Priest     Another Day in Marseille     Dogs, Death and Desire     Don't Trust the Band     Ramparts of the South     Léobille's Party     The Slip-up     Frankfurt on Tap     A Cultural Experience     The Test     A Big Star     April's Daughters     Love is Blind     A Dog of a Job     The Thinker     The Killer     A Heart of Gold     Impotence     Motherhood     A Funny Old Game     The Motive     Danger from the Classics     The Werewolf     The Snowman     One Licence for Love     A Sad Story     The Waltz And Other Short Stories... Boris Vian and Short Fiction Christelle Gonzalo and François Roulmann Vian, in Short: An Ironic Take on the Art of the Short Story Audrey Camus PART III: ON TRANSLATING BORIS VIAN On Not Wanting to Die: Translation as Resurrection Maria Freij Determining a Strategy for the Translation of Boris Vian Peter Hodges Notes to the Poems Notes to the Short Stories Bibliography of Works Cited