Exercises in Style

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UPC:
9780811207898
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
1981-02-17
Author:
Raymond Queneau
Language:
english
Edition:
2nd ed.

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A work of genius in a brilliant translation by Barbara Wright.Endlessly fascinating and very funny. Philip Pullman

The plot of Exercises in Style is simple: a man gets into an argument with another passenger on a bus. However, this anecdote is told 99 more times, each in a radically different style, as a sonnet, an opera, in slang, and with many more permutations. This virtuoso set of variations is a linguistic rust-remover, and a guide to literary forms.

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