by Jean-Marie Gourio · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266182850
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«Brèves de comptoir: L'anniversaire» is a humor collection by Jean-Marie Gourio, published by Pocket in paperback (384 pages, in French).
Jean-Marie Gourio has spent twenty years visiting bars, squares and shops with a notebook in hand, capturing anonymous everyday phrases: small wonders of poetry, absurdity and buffoonery. For the twentieth anniversary of his collection, he brings together hundreds of unpublished brèves, tiny masterpieces of popular wit.
Commemorative edition of the twentieth anniversary of the 'Brèves de comptoir' series, published on November 6, 2008.
For readers who enjoy French humor, witty phrases and the popular wisdom hidden in bar conversations.
Jean-Marie Gourio is a French novelist, humorist and screenwriter. He was born in Nérac, Lot-et-Garonne. He won early fame for his column Brèves de comptoir, published in the satirical magazine Hara-Kiri. Compilations of the columns were published annually, and even adapted for the stage.
