Books of Words and Play
Four books for language-loving literati.
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1 min readMay 9, 2016
Libraries, through myriad lenses.
One scene repeated ad infinitum yields kaleidoscopic effects; brilliant and fun showcase of the versatility of language and style.
Enter a world of combinatory powers, creative entanglement of the mathematics of chance and the poetics of the written word.
Virtuosic example of Oulipo techniques; Bök wields vowels and embraces constraints with prodigious wit and flourish in this lippogramatic feat.
