Exercises in Style - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Raymond Queneau, Barbara Wright (Translator)Series:New Directions BooksAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2013-01-31Pages:228
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811220354ISBN-10:811220354UPC:9780811220354Book Category:FictionSize:7.13 x 5.01 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCQY6QJDVV
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811220354ISBN-10:811220354UPC:9780811220354Book Category:FictionSize:7.13 x 5.01 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCQY6QJDVV
Queneau, Raymond: - 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.Wright, Barbara: - Barbara Wright has translated several Raymond...
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