ISBN: 9780811207898
author:
Raymond Queneau
translator:
Barbara Wright
publishing house: New Directions
publication date: 1981
-2
language:
English
binding: Paperback
price: USD 14.95
number of pages: 204
Exercices de style
Raymond Queneau translator: Barbara Wright
overview
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.
