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ELEMENTARY MORALITY by QUENEAU RAYMOND
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Category: Poetry
Raymond Queneau (1903-76) was born at Le Havre in 1903, where he was educated before studying at the Sorbonne in Paris. Between 1924 and 1929 Queneau was active in the surrealist movement and composed its manifesto, "Permettez!". Queneau collaborated with a number of Nouvelle Vague film directors, most ...Show more
Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau
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Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
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 S ...Show more
Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau
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Category: Fiction
On a crowded bus at midday, Raymond Queneau observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man appropriates it. Later, in another part of town, Queneau sees the man being advised by a friend to sew another button on his overcoat. "Exercises in Style" re ...Show more
The Sunday of Life by Raymond Queneau
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Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics Ser.
When shop-owner Julia Segovia decides that she's going to marry the handsome if exceedingly young and naive soldier Valentin Bru, he willingly goes along with her scheme. Little does he know that he will have to contend with disgruntled in-laws, eccentric locals, a vulgar and cunning wife, a shifty care ...Show more
Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau
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Category: Fiction
The cult classic from one of France's most stylish writersImpish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with her uncle Gabriel. All she really wants to do is ride the metro, but finding it shut because of a strike, Zazie looks for other means of amusement and is soon caught up in ...Show more
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