Stijloefeningen is het virtuoze meesterwerk van Raymond Queneau, waarin een simpele gebeurtenis in Parijs op negenennegentig verschillende manieren wordt verteld.  Meer

When shop-owner Julia Segovia decides that she's going to marry the handsome if exceedingly young and naive soldier Valentin Bru, he willingly goes along with her scheme.  Meer

A story of the siege of a small post office by a group of rebels, who discover to their embarrassment that a female postal clerk, Gertie Girdle, is still in the lavatory some time after they have shot or expelled the rest of the staff.  Meer

'A pointless anecdote told in 99 different ways, or a work of genius in a brilliant translation by Barbara Wright. In fact it's both. Endlessly fascinating and very funny.  Meer