The book of selected works by the French writer Boris Vian (1920-1959), recognized in the 70s as a “classic of the 20th century,” includes the novel “Autumn in Beijing” and the best stories. “Autumn in Beijing” is one of the most significant works of the writer. Despite the numerous mysteries - the magic of numbers, names and colors, the curvature of the space there, the symbolism of the characters, the play on words - the novel should not be solved like a rebus. It must be experienced, perceived as it is. “This is a novel to which it is not easy to find the key. To understand him, you need to become his accomplice...” - warned Francois Caradec, a critic and researcher of the writer’s work. Vian’s stories are an amazing mixture of the everyday and the incredible, funny and scary, beautiful and disgusting...