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Bark Treeby Raymond QueneauISBN 0714501085 (0-7145-0108-5)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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Bords: Mathematiciens, Precurseurs, Encyclopedistesby Raymond QueneauISBN 068654658X (0-686-54658-X)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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Du Langage Chien Chez Sylvie Et Brunoby Raymond QueneauISBN 0686546695 (0-686-54669-5)
Hardcover, French & European Pubns
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Exercises in Styleby Raymond Queneau , Barbara WrightISBN 0714542385 (0-7145-4238-5)
Softcover, Calder Publications Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exercises in Style'Book summary:A twentysomething bus rider with a long, skinny neck and a goofy hat accuses another passenger of trampling his feet; he then grabs an empty seat. Later, in a park, a friend encourages the same man to reorganize the buttons on his overcoat. In Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style, this determinedly pointless scenario unfolds 99 times in twice as many pages. Originally published in 1947 (in French), these terse variations on a theme are a wry lesson in creativity. The story is told as an official letter, as a blurb for a novel, as a sonnet, and in "Opera English." It's told onomatopoetically, philosophically, telegraphically, and mathematically. The result, as translator Barbara Wright writes in her introduction, is "a profound exploration into the possibilities of language." I'd say it's a refresher course of sorts, but it's more like a graduate seminar. After all, how many of us are familiar with terms such as litote, alexandrine, apheresis, and epenthesis in the first place? [via]
The Flight of Icarusby Raymond QueneauISBN 0811204839 (0-8112-0483-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Hardcover, Calder Publications Limited - The Flight of Icarus: ISBN 0714509639 (0-7145-0963-9)
Hardcover, Calder and Boyars - The Flight of Icarus: ISBN 0811204820 (0-8112-0482-0)
Hardcover, New Directions Pub Corp - The Flight of Icarus: ISBN 0811204839 (0-8112-0483-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
- Flight of Icarus: ISBN 0714511447 (0-7145-1144-7)
Letters, Numbers, Forms: Essays, 1928-70by Raymond Queneau , Jordan StumpISBN 0252031873 (0-252-03187-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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Stories & Remarksby Raymond Queneau , Marc LowenthalISBN 0803288522 (0-8032-8852-2)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stories & Remarks'Book summary:Stories and Remarks collects the best of Raymond Queneau's shorter prose. The works span his career and include short stories, an uncompleted novel, melancholic and absurd essays, occasionally baffling "Texticles," a pastiche of Alice in Wonderland, and his only play. Talking dogs, boozing horses, and suicides come head to head with ruminations on the effects of aerodynamics on addition, rhetorical dreams, and a pioneering example of permutational fiction influenced by computer language. Also included is Michel Leiris's preface from the French edition, an introduction by the translator, and endnotes addressing each piece individually.[via]Raymond Queneaupolyglot, novelist, philosopher, poet, mathematician, screenwriter, and translatorwas one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century French letters. His work touches on many of the major literary movements of his lifetime, from surrealism to the experimental school of the nouveau roman. He also founded the Oulipo, a collection of writers and mathematicians dedicated to the search for artificial inspiration via the application of constraint.
The Sunday of Lifeby Raymond QueneauISBN 0714536415 (0-7145-3641-5)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sunday of Life'Book summary:When shop-owner Julia Segovia decides that she's going to marry the handsome if exceedingly young and naive soldier Valentin Bru, he willingly goes along with her scheme. Little does he know that he will have to contend with disgruntled in-laws, eccentric locals, a vulgar and cunning wife, a shifty career in fortune-telling, the approaching threat of war with Germany and the mysteries of Parisian public transport.
With a cast of eccentric characters, amusing incidents and an uplifting tone, The Sunday of Life its title playfully alluding to Hegel s theory of history is a scintillating novel which showcases Queneau s trademark punning, sly wit and delight in the absurdity of people and situations. [via]More editions of The Sunday of Life:
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We Always Treat Women Too Wellby Raymond QueneauISBN 0714536873 (0-7145-3687-3)
Hardcover, J. Calder
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Zazie in the Metroby Raymond Queneau , Barbara WrightISBN 0714539236 (0-7145-3923-6)
Softcover, Calder Publications Limited
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Zazie in the Metroby Barbara Wright, Raymond QueneauISBN 0142180041 (0-14-218004-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Les Fleurs Bleuesby Raymond QueneauISBN 0423828606 (0-423-82860-6)
Hardcover, Methuen
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