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Exercises in Style
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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... »
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Zazie in the Metro (Penguin Classics)
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This book is hilarious from begining to end. Not extrange it was his most selling book in France. Again, the translation is wonderful.... »
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The Blue Flowers (New Directions Paperbook)
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This is a beautiful fairy tale-esque novel that crosses centuries and temperments while writing a new history of France. The main character is Cidrolin, a Frenchman in the 20th century who spends his lackadaisical days giving directions to tourists, painting over graffiti on his fence, and dreaming of the Duke d'Auge. The more charismatic Duke comes ... »
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Heartsnatcher
This allegory of good, bad and over-concern is narrated by a psychiatrist named Timortis (Timor Mortis) who comes upon this unknown village in an unknown ... »
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Witch Grass
Raymond Queneau is a first class writer and it is very strange that is not famous. His translator also is very good and was able to retain the intentions ... »
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Odile (French Literature)
Odile lacks Queneau's usual almost manic inventiveness, but it is charming and gentle, and seems largely autobiographical, so it's nice to be given some i... »
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