Stories and Remarks collects the best of Raymond Queneau's shorter
prose. The works span his career and include short stories, an
uncompleted novel, melancholic and absurd essays, occasionally
baffling "Texticles", a pastiche of Alice in Wonderland, and his
only play. Talking dogs, boozing horses, and suicides come head to
head with ruminations on the effects of aerodynamics on addition,
rhetorical dreams, and a pioneering example of permutational
fiction influenced by computer language. Also included is Michel
Leiris's preface from the French edition, an introduction by the
translator, and endnotes addressing each piece individually.
Raymond Queneau -- polyglot, novelist, philosopher, poet,
mathematician, screenwriter, and translator -- was one of the most
significant figures in twentieth-century French letters. His work
touches on many of the major literary movements of his life-time,
from surrealism to the experimental school of the nouveau roman. He
also founded the Oulipo, a collection of writers and mathematicians
dedicated to the search for artificial inspiration via the
application of constraint.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
French Modernist Library |
| Release date: |
August 2000 |
| First published: |
August 2000 |
| Authors: |
Raymond Queneau
|
| Translators: |
Marc Lowenthal
|
| Preface by: |
Michel Leiris
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
155 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8032-8852-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8032-8852-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780803288522 |
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