Exercises in Style
first publication date: 1947
genre: constrained writing
original title: Exercices de style
original language: French
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 on adding a button to his overcoat. The literary variations recall the famous 33rd chapter of the 1512 rhetorical guide by Desiderius Erasmus, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
10- date of publication: 1981ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0789-8
- date of publication: 2009ISBN-13: 978-1-84749-241-8
- date of publication: 2013ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2035-4
- date of publication: 1998ISBN-13: 978-0-7145-4238-6
- ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2088-0
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