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Overview
The plot of Exercises in Style is simple: a man gets into an argument with another passenger on a bus. However, this anecdote is told 99 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.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780811207898
- ISBN-10: 0811207897
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Publish Date: February 1981
- Dimensions: 7.96 x 5.24 x 0.55 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.48 pounds
- Page Count: 204
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