Exercises in Style
A new edition of a French modernist classic - a Parisian scene told ninety-nine different ways - with new material written in homage by the likes of Jonathan Lethem, Rivka Galchen, and many more.On a crowded bus at midday, Raymond Queneau observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man appropriates it. Later, in another part of town, Queneau sees the man being advised by a friend to sew a new button on his overcoat.Exercises in Style — Queneau's experimental masterpiece and a hallmark book of the Oulipo literary group — retells this unexceptional tale ninety-nine times, employing the sonne…
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Weitere Autoren: Wright, Barbara (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-2088-0
- EAN: 9780811220880
- Produktnummer: 34246996
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 228 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'660 KB
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Raymond Queneau (1903-1976) is acknowledged as one of the most influential of modern French writers, having helped determine the shape of twentieth-century French literature, especially in his role with the Oulipo, a group of authors that includes Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and Harry Mathews, among others.
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