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 ...
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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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New. Brand New. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 228 p. Contains: Line drawings, black & white, Printed music items.
Originally published in French in 1947 by Raymond Queneau (1903-1976), this gem of a book is one of his most popular works. Its appeal is universal and it has been translated into many languages.
The same short tale is described in ninety-nine variations and makes for fascinating reading - a linguistic delight. A book like this is never out of date.
