Exercises in Style

Autori

• Raymond Queneau

Parametri

• 128 pagine
• 5 ore di lettura

• Classici
• Francia
• Narrativa
• Racconti
• Scuola

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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 rust-remover, a guide to literary forms and a demonstration of imagery and inventiveness.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2013