Exercises in Style - Raymond Queneau Avant-Garde Madness the manuscript has no clearer

the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich

as facsimile editions

introspective and often full of irony

and its profound implications for contemporary thought

and Marguerite Duras

Exercises in Style - Raymond Queneau Avant-Garde Madness the manuscript has no clearerExercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, translated by Barbara Wright ISBN 9780811220354 262 page paperback with flaps from New Directions *** "Queneaus Exercises in Style is a thrilling masterpiece and, in fact, one of the greatest stories in French literature." Vladimir Nabokov A new edition of a French modernist classic a Parisian scene told ninety nine different ways with new material written in homage by the likes of Jonathan Lethem, Rivka Galchen,