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by Raymond Queneau; Marc Lowenthal (Translator); Preface by Michel Leiris


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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 lifetime, 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. Marc Lowenthal has translated numerous works, including the forthcoming I Am a Beautiful Monster: Selected Writings of Francis Picabia.

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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.

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  • Title Stories and Remarks
  • Author Raymond Queneau; Marc Lowenthal (Translator); Preface by Michel Leiris
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Pages 159
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
  • Date 2000-08-01
  • ISBN 9780803288522 / 0803288522
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.54 x 5.54 x 0.43 in (21.69 x 14.07 x 1.09 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99462111
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 08/15/2000, Page 1144
  • Library Journal, 08/09/2000, Page 0

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Marc Lowenthal has translated numerous works, including the forthcoming I Am a Beautiful Monster: Selected Writings of Francis Picabia.
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