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Exercises in Style (Alma Classics) Paperback – Illustrated, Special Edition
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'Witty, playful, ingenious, it manages to transcend its own sophistication by a sort of verbal slapstick which Miss Wright translated into pure Groucho Marxism.' -- The Guardian
'Midway between Lewis Carroll and Jacques Derrida, in a deliriously witty dimension of its own, lies Queneau's Exercises in Style... Barbara Wright's dazzling translation matches this oddball classic step by step, pun by pun.' -- The Independent
'A pointless anecdote told in 99 different ways, or a work of genius in a brilliant translation by Barbara Wright. In fact it's both. Endlessly fascinating and very funny.' --Philip Pullman
'Barbara Wright's dazzling translation matches this oddball classic step by step, pun by pun.' --The Independent
About the Author
Raymond Queneau (1903 - 76) was a poet, novelist, editor, scholar and mathematician. He is best remembered for Exercises in Style and Zazie in the Metro.
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This is pretty much what the title suggests. This is French book, in translation, retelling the same short tale of about 200 words or so in around 100 different styles that is...Read more
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