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Exercises in Style

by: Raymond Queneau

Publisher: New Directions Books (1947)

$16.95

Staff Pick by comrade: Lucas

From one of the founding members of Oulipo, of which both Italo Calvino and Georges Perec were a part, this small book is a rehashing of the same tiny moment on a bus in various styles and interpretations. It's silly, but fun.