Esercizi di stile. Testo francese a fronte

Meta From what point of view should I review the book? Evidently: from all possible points of view. Snobbish Needless to say, I am reading the original French edition. I can hardly believe that his delicate linguistic irony would survive translation into English. Quelle horreur! Vulgar I laughed until I Leggi tutto

What story can be told about a brief bus ride and a button? This insignificant and infinitesimal event can be turned into a surreal vision: In the centre of the day, tossed among the shoal of travelling sardines in a coleopter with a big white carapace, a chicken with a long, feather-less neck suddenl Leggi tutto

Blurb (view spoiler) [“Exercises in Style” retells an 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 rust-remover, a guide to li (hide spoiler)] Leggi tutto

Basic I really loved this book! I read it once, and then again for a good measure. Neithering Neither hated nor liked. Neither a movie nor an audio recording. Neither read once nor thrice. Shakespearean I very much did love this booketh! i readeth t once apace and then again but soft sav'ring the deta Leggi tutto

Finished, finally. Some books are swallowed in one gulp and others seem to drag indefinitely. This one belongs to the latter kind. Considering its shortness, it's quite an amazing acheivement. So what do we have here? One mediocre tiny story of little interest (this is obviously an intentional choice Leggi tutto