Exercises in Style

On a crowded bus at midday, the narrator observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man takes it. Later, in another part of town, the man is spotted again, while being advised by a friend to have another button sewn onto his overcoat. Exercises in Style retells this apparently unremarkable tale ninety-nine times, employing a variety of styles, ranging from sonnet to cockney to mathematical formula. Too funny to be merely a pedantic thesis, this virtuoso set of themes and variations is a linguistic rustremover, a guide to literary forms and a demonstration of imagery and inventiveness.

ISBN:	9781847492418
Publisher:	Alma Books COMMIS
Imprint:	Alma Classics
Published date:	04 Sep 2013
DEWEY:	848.91207
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	10136
Number of pages:	xiv, 145
Weight:	148g
Height:	198mm
Width:	131mm
Spine width:	12mm

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