Hortense in Exile

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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-- First paperback edition.-- Hortense is in trouble again. Set to marry the Premier Prince Presumptive, our heroine finds herself caught in the middle of the plot of Hamlet, playing the unfortunate role of Ophelia. Can she escape in time? Brimming with brilliant wordplay, mathematical equations, literary allusions, and cats, Hortense in Exile continues the Hortense series in grand style.-- Jacques Roubaud is president of the l'Association Georges Perec, a society dedicated to honoring the work of his fellow Oulipian.-- First published in the U.S. by Dalkey Archive (1992).

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Utgivningsdatum2000-12-14
Mått140 x 215 x 15 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieFrench Literature
Antal sidor211
FörlagDalkey Archive Press
ISBN9781564782557
ÖversättareDi Bernardi, Dominic

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Jacques Roubaud, born in 1932, has been a professor of mathematics at the University of Paris X Nanterre. He is one of the most accomplished members of the Oulipo, the workshop for experimental literature founded by Raymond Queneau and Francois Le Lionnais. He is the author of numerous books of prose, theatre and poetry. In addition to several of Jacques Roubaud s books, Dominic Di Bernardi has translated works by Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Muriel Cerf, Claude Ollier, and Patrick Grainville, among others.