“For beauty, my dear friend, is not so much a quality of the object itself as an effect in him who beholds it.” Prelude The novel begins with […]
French literature
Exercises in Style
“The same story told in ninety-nine different ways—that is the principle of this book.” Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau is a groundbreaking literary experiment that retells a […]
French literature
The Plague
“But what does it mean, the plague? It’s life, that’s all.” Part One The novel opens in the Algerian city of Oran, described as an ordinary, commercial town […]