Cover of Various: The Penguin Book of Oulipo

Various The Penguin Book of Oulipo

Queneau, Perec, Calvino and the Adventure of Form

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Penguin Books Ltd

UK

2020

Paperback

592

Standard

302326

978-0-241-37845-8

0-241-37845-1

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Brought together for the first time, here are 100 pieces of 'Oulipo' writing, celebrating the literary group who revelled in maths problems, puzzles, trickery, wordplay and conundrums. Featuring writers including Georges Perec, Raymond Queneau and Italo Calvino, it includes poems, short stories, word games and even recipes. Alongside these famous Oulipians, are 'anticipatory' wordsmiths who crafted language with unusual constraints and literary tricks, from Jonathan Swift to Lewis Carroll. Philip Terry's playful selection will appeal to lovers of word games, puzzles and literary delights.

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