num_pages: 197
description: “A work of genius in a brilliant translation by Barbara Wrightâ€¦.Endlessly fascinating and very funny.” â€”Philip Pullman The plot of Exercises in Style is 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.
language: English
title: Exercises In Style
titlecomplete: Exercises In Style
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, Language, French Literature, Poetry, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Writing, France
ratings_count: 11097
places: Paris
publisher: Calder Publications