Exercises in styleRaymond Queneau
Exercises in style
by Raymond Queneau · first published 1958
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I haven't read 99 Ways to Tell a Story, but when I read Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style about a decade ago (in English translation) I was delighted by it. Though I have not reread the book recently, 2008-me would heartily recommend it. I've noticed that exercises in style (in writing or…
on “I’m a freelance copywriter” ↗The Raymond Queneau Exercises in Style is a delightful introduction to OuLiPo. It takes the same story and tells it in 99 different ways (including N+7). To me, a lot of what the OuLiPo constraints do is to free one’s writing voice from the…
on “N+7 Writing” ↗It's funny you should mention translations as different: when Umberto Eco translated Queneau's Exercises in Style he had to rewrite more than a few. Many would consider all translations of that book as rewritings, new exercises. Some don't even have the same number of pieces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercises_in_Style
on “Umberto Eco and His Legacy in Open-World Games” ↗