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Excercices De Style

Raymond Queneau

  • 160 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1947
  • 40 editions
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1 About this book

Queneau uses a variety of literary styles and forms in ninety-nine exercises which retell the same story about a minor brawl aboard a bus.

Good for readers who want: humor and a short read.

  • Experimental fiction
  • Humor
  • Literary style
  • Composition and exercises
  • Linguistics
  • Literary form
  • Technique
  • Style

2 About Raymond Queneau

1903–1976

Raymond Auguste Queneau (; French:; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle), notable for his wit and cynical humour.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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