Exercises in Style: Raymond Queneau - Brossura

Queneau, Raymond

Brossura

ISBN 10: 184749241X ISBN 13: 9781847492418

Casa editrice: Alma Classics, 2013

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

'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

L'autore:

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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• Editore: Alma Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 184749241X
• ISBN 13: 9781847492418
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 224