Preghiera – Perquenau? – Esercizi di stile

“Esercizi di stile”, written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style. In each, the narrator gets on the “S” bus, witnesses an altercation between a man with a long neck and funny hat and another passenger, and then sees the same person two hours later at the Gare St-Lazare getting advice on adding a button to his overcoat. This exercise follows the same logic: Accordingly to the word assigned a different book is designed.