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| Raymond Queneau Le Havre 21 Feb. 1903 - Paris 25 Oct. 1976 • French writer
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| BOOKS BY RAYMOND QUENEAU: Exercises in Style 1947 A determinedly pointless scenario unfolds 99 times in twice as many pages. | |||
| Zazie in the Metro 1959 Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with Gabriel, her female-impersonator uncle. 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 a comic adventure that becomes wilder and more manic by the minute. | |||
| Witch Grass 1933 Seated in a Paris cafe, a man glimpses another man, a shadowy figure hurrying to the train. Who is he? he wonders, and how does he live? Instantly the shadow comes to life, precipitating a series of hilarious encounters involving a range of disreputable and heartwarming characters that prove as incredible as 'real life.' | |||
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