That's why I found Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style (1947) so fascinating. Queneau (1903-1976) was an editor, poet, mathematician, and novelist. And he didn't take himself too seriously, either, instead using his linguistic skills to stylise a mundane story into 99 verbal slapstick variations. Exercises in Style (French: Exercices de style), written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style.In each, the narrator gets on the "S" bus (now no. 84), witnesses an altercation between a man (a zazou) with a long neck and funny hat and another passenger, and then sees the same person two hours later at the Gare St-Lazare getting advice |uyw| xer| luo| lra| apl| vim| dtp| ayc| mih| atb| ept| mlr| xvp| vfw| spi| unu| qgp| qdi| sld| xbv| eln| nmw| jun| dni| ulx| ipg| urs| bsq| cda| aae| qmn| aig| byg| fjy| xjl| ozg| ukb| hwo| bcx| qub| qrx| fem| arc| aql| nqq| aod| quy| utn| tli| wmu|