Oulipo and constrained writing books
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Gadsby
Ernest Vincent WrightA full-length novel of about 50,000 words that never uses the letter e, an early and extreme lipogram.
Exercices De Style
Raymond QueneauNinety-nine retellings of one trivial bus incident, each in a different style, showing how form shapes meaning.
Cent mille milliards de poèmes
Raymond QueneauTen sonnets cut into strips so any line can be swapped, giving a very large number of possible poems.
La Disparition
Georges PerecA novel written without the letter e, with its absence often woven into the story; translated as A Void.
Les revenentes
Georges PerecA short novel in which the only vowel is e, written as a companion to the lipogram La Disparition.
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