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Exercises in Style

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Same story, 99 different writing styles.

Exercises in Style could be a good read for someone who enjoys experimental writing. Queneau brilliantly shows how different writing styles significantly impact the same story's interpretation and depth. The book is a fun and insightful way to explore the art of storytelling, making it a must-read for aspiring writers.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Exercises in Style

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ISBN: 9781847490735
Authors: Raymond Queneau
Publisher: Oneworld Classics
Date of Publication: 2008-07-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Poetry
Related Topics: Classics, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 11380 readers)

Description

On a crowded bus at midday, Raymond Queneau observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man appropriates it. Later, in another part of town, Queneau sees the man being advised by a friend to sew another button on his overcoat. Exercises in Style retells this apparently unexceptional tale ninety- nine times, employing the sonnet and the alexandrine, Ze Frrench and Cockney , while an Abusive chapter heartily deplores the events. When Exercises in Style first appeared in French in 1947, it led to Queneau s election to the highly prestigious Acade?mie Goncourt. This virtuoso set of themes and variations is a linguistic rust-remover, a guide to literary forms, a demonstration of the use of imagery and expletive. But it is far too funny to be merely a pedantic thesis. The late Raymond Queneau, novelist, poet, mathematician and editor, once told Barbara Wright that of all his books, this was the one he most wished to see translated. He rendered her his ''heartiest congratulations'', ''I have always thought that nothing is untranslatable. Here is new proof. And it is accomplished with all the intended humour. It has not only linguistic knowledge and ingenuity, it has that.''
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Same story, 99 different writing styles.

Exercises in Style could be a good read for someone who enjoys experimental writing. Queneau brilliantly shows how different writing styles significantly impact the same story's interpretation and depth. The book is a fun and insightful way to explore the art of storytelling, making it a must-read for aspiring writers.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.