{"product_id":"letters-numbers-forms-raymond-queneau-9780252031878","title":"Letters, Numbers, Forms: Essays, 1928-70","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of essays from one of the twentieth century's most intriguing avant-garde writers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled from two volumes of Raymond Queneau's essays (\u003ci\u003eBâtons, chiffres et lettres\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLe Voyage en Grèce\u003c\/i\u003e), these selections find Queneau at his most playful and at his most serious, eloquently pleading for a certain classicism even as he reveals the roots of his own wildly original oeuvre. Ranging from the funny to the furious, they follow Queneau from modernism to postmodernism by way of countless fascinating detours, including his thoughts on language, literary fashions, myth, politics, poetry, and other writers (Faulkner, Flaubert, Hugo, and Proust). Translator Jordan Stump provides an introduction as well as explanatory notes about key figures and Queneau himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Queneau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252031873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252031878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.42w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 269","brand":"Raymond Queneau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453299306751,"sku":"9780252031878","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_110a751d-52e8-48c1-b5ff-9c97bbfc0ae0.jpg?v=1777299425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-numbers-forms-raymond-queneau-9780252031878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}