by Raymond Queneau · Quaderns Crema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477270416
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«Exercicis d'estil» is the classic of experimental narrative by Raymond Queneau, published by Quaderns Crema in paperback (136 pages, in Catalan).
It starts from a minimal anecdote: a young man gets on a Parisian bus at noon, complains about a shove and sits down; hours later he appears in front of the Saint-Lazare station. That scene is narrated ninety-nine times, each with a different register, structure or rhetorical device, turning artifice into a celebration of language.
It belongs to the Mínima Minor collection, number 39. Translation from French by Annie Bats and Ramon Lladó. This Catalan edition was published in 1989.
A playful and intelligent read, recommended for those who enjoy formal experimentation and twentieth-century French classics.
Raymond Auguste Queneau was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo, notable for his wit and cynical humour.
