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Title: Exercises in Style Condition: New Author: Raymond Queneau Translator: Barbara Wright Contributor: Barbara Wright (Translated by) Format: Paperback EAN: 9781847492418 ISBN: 9781847492418 Publisher: Alma Classics Genre: Fiction Topic: Classic Fiction Release Date: 04/09/2013 Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 128mm Item Weight: 158g 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 rustremover, a guide to literary forms and a demonstration of imagery and inventiveness. Release Year: 2013 Missing Information?
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