Szívtépő

Author: Boris Vian
Binding method: hardcover, with protective cover
Publication: 2018
Publisher: Helikon Publishing
Page number: 332
Mixing cruelty with humor, absurdity with poetry and elements of science fiction with a parody of psychoanalysis, Szívtépő (1953) is Boris Vian's last novel. On the one hand, the story follows the fate of three brothers and their mother, who wants to ensure their safety with very harsh means, on the other hand, the author reveals to us the everyday life of a village almost completely cut off from the world, where people know neither shame nor remorse, because some gold all their sins in his head...