*Imaginary soundtracks for books #3: Autumn in Peking by Boris Vian (1947)*

Imaginary soundtracks for books #3: Autumn in Peking by Boris Vian (1947)

Wonderful and surreal, Autumn in Peking takes place in a fictional desert called Exopotamie where a railway line and a train station are under construction. As clever a satire as an inspiring love story, Autumn in Peking remains one of the most imaginative novels of the post-war era.

Tracklist:

Boris Vian - La java des bombes atomiques

Dizzie Gillespie/Sonny Stitt/Sonny Rollins - I know that you know

Milt Jackson/John Coltrane - Centerpiece

Ryuichi Sakamoto - GRASSHOPPERS

Besombes/Rizet - Lundi Matin

Cybotron - Raga

Michael Garrison - Escape

Benny Carter - Doozy

Philippe Besombes - La ville

Patrick Vian - Sphère

Teddy Lasry/Laurent Caillon - Promised Land

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