{"product_id":"exercises-in-style-9780811207898","title":"Exercises in Style","description":"The plot of \u003cem\u003eExercises in Style\u003c\/em\u003e is simple: a man gets into an argument with another passenger on a bus. However, this anecdote is told 99 more times, each in a radically different style, as a sonnet, an opera, in slang, and with many more permutations. This virtuoso set of variations is a linguistic rust-remover, and a guide to literary forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueneau, Raymond:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRaymond Queneau\u003c\/strong\u003e (1903-1976) is acknowledged as one of the most influential of modern French writers, having helped determine the shape of twentieth-century French literature, especially in his role with the Oulipo, a group of authors that includes Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and Harry Mathews, among others.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWright, Barbara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBarbara Wright\u003c\/b\u003e has translated several Raymond Queneau novels; indeed, as John Updike wrote in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, she has waltzed around the floor with the Master so many times by now that she follows his quirky French as if the steps were in English. She has also translated works by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Robert Pinget, Nathalie Sarraute, and Marguerite Duras. She lives in London.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461263659282,"sku":"9780811207898","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e0a5a4a-0d35-4af8-8b13-1a4711b00bf3.jpg?v=1730061705","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/exercises-in-style-9780811207898","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}