
Exercises in Style
by Raymond Queneau
Title:
Exercises in Style
Author:
Raymond Queneau
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
160 pages
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
ISBN-13:
9781847492418
EAN:
9781847492418
Classifications:
Classic and Biographical
Weight (g):
270
Dimensions (mm):
198 x 131 x 12
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
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.
















