Hortense in Exile - Couverture rigide

Roubaud, Jacques; Bernandi, Dominic Di

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1564780015 ISBN 13 : 9781564780010

Editeur : Dalkey Archive Press, 1992

Synopsis

Set to marry Gormanskoï, the Premier Prince Presumptive, our beautiful heroine Hortense has been exiled to Queneau stown, where she finds herself in a real-life production of Hamlet or is it Hatmel, the original Poldevian tale scandalously plagiarized by that Englishman William Shahkayspear? Something is definitely amiss in the Poldevian Principalities, and if her loyal friends can t rescue her or foil the plagiarized plots of her evil twin, she may require intervention from the Author and Publisher those unlikely cohorts responsible for bringing this deftly satiric, madcap adventure to light. Brimming with literary allusions, philosophical conundrums, witty interjections, and (of course) cats, Hortense in Exile is the third installment in the altogether delightful and hilarious Hortense Series by French novelist and mathematician Jacques Roubaud. Combining high literary sentiments with mathematical games, brilliant wordplay and an effusive sense of humor, Roubaud s works are some of the most enjoyable in all of contemporary literature, and he is considered to be one of the most accomplished members of Oulipo (the workshop for experimental literature founded by Raymond Queneau and including such figures as Georges Perec, Harry Mathews, and Italo Calvino).

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Despite the trials she suffered during the course of Hortense is Abducted, the voluptuous Hortense is back, this time as the fiancee of the Poldevian Presumed Premier Prince. She enjoys a sexy romp through myriad subplots among a cast of characters mirroring those in various Shakespearean plays, most notably Hamlet. For Roubaud, a French mathematics professor and a member of Oulipo (Ouvroir de Litterature Potentielle), the question is not where you're going but how you get there.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dalkey Archive Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1564780015
• ISBN 13: 9781564780010
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 211
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible