Exercises in Style (Alma Classics)

by Raymond Queneau | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 184749241X Global Overview for this book
Registered by sarahmangan of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on 10/16/2014
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Journal Entry 1 by sarahmangan from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Thursday, October 16, 2014
A strange and unique book - playful and pretentious all in one! There is a very simple story in this book: a man sees another man arguing with a passenger on a crowded Paris bus. By chance, later that same day he sees the same man talking to a friend about the button on his coat. However, this same story is told 99 different ways in 99 different styles of writing, from sonnets to insults to spoonerisms. Some are funny, clever and inventive, but some are annoying and illegible! This must also have been very difficult to translate - the translator has done a very good job!

Journal Entry 2 by 1001-library at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, November 15, 2014
Thanks so much for your donation sarahmangan!

This book is now part of the 1001-library. If you want to take this book from the library but don't know how to proceed, please refer to the 1001-library bookshelf.

Journal Entry 3 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Saturday, November 29, 2014
Safe with me, thank you so much for the books and card. Looks like an interesting experiment!

Journal Entry 4 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Sunday, December 6, 2015
What an experiment. A short and simple story is retold 99 times in different styles, shapes and sizes. Far more efficient than a figures of speech dictionary, and by and large funnier.

Thank you for sharing, the book will travel next to blackwidow1971 via the EURO 1001 VBB (once I finish reading the rest of the books she chose).

Journal Entry 5 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Released 8 yrs ago (1/12/2016 UTC) at București, Wallachia Romania

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Now traveling to blackwidow1971 via the Euro 1001 VBB. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 6 by blackwidow1971 at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Safely received yesterday from LameLemon - looking forward to reading it. It looks fun.

Journal Entry 7 by blackwidow1971 at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 24, 2016
I enjoyed this and yes, it is funny and pretentious at the same time (much like me....) I think there were only 1 or 2 of the 99 I really couldn't read - I got the hang of the reordered letters ones in the end. However the introduction by Umberto Eco and the essay by Italo Calvino went straight over my head and I abandoned.

A quick read to kick start my 2016 1001 BTRBYD challenge.

Journal Entry 8 by blackwidow1971 at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Friday, November 18, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (11/18/2016 UTC) at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom

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On its way to Soffita1.

Journal Entry 9 by soffitta1 at Lincoln, Lincolnshire United Kingdom on Monday, November 21, 2016
This just looks fascinating! Thanks for sending me this.

Journal Entry 10 by soffitta1 at Lincoln, Lincolnshire United Kingdom on Sunday, November 27, 2016
Thoroughly enjoyed this. I really liked to see how the author played with language and styles. It got me thinking about styles I like and also to appreciate the work writers put into their own writing.

Journal Entry 11 by soffitta1 at Lincoln, Lincolnshire United Kingdom on Saturday, April 29, 2017
Reserved for a trip Down Under.

Released 4 yrs ago (8/9/2019 UTC) at Manningtree Station Waiting Room in Manningtree, Essex United Kingdom

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