num_pages: 204
description: The plot of Exercises in Style is quite simple: a man gets into an argument with another passenger on a bus. However, this anecdote is told ninety-nine 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, Literature, Classics, France, Short Stories, Fiction, Writing, French Literature, Poetry, Language
ratings_count: 11097
places: Paris
publisher: New Directions