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Exercises in Style
Raymond Queneau
- Alma Books - Alma Classics
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Publisher | Alma Books - Alma Classics |
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ISBN | 9781847492418 |
Publication date | September 2013 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 190 x 130 mm |
Pages | 224 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
On a crowded bus at midday, the narrator observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man takes it. Later, in another part of town, the man is spotted again, while being advised by a friend to have another button sewn onto his overcoat.
Exercises in Style retells this apparently unremarkable tale ninety-nine times, employing a variety of styles, ranging from sonnet to cockney to mathematical formula. Too funny to be merely a pedantic thesis, this virtuoso set of themes and variations is a linguistic rust-remover, a guide to literary forms and a demonstration of imagery and inventiveness.
Exercises in Style