A query on translation

Olly Ruff oruff at darkwing.uoregon.edu
Tue Apr 15 12:51:28 CDT 2003




> Although Gilbert Adair did translate La Disparition,
> Perec's equally famous e-less novel (A Void), a feat
> comparable to Perec's, I think.

Even less mere, Perec's "The Exeter Text: Jewels, Secrets, Sex", where the
ever-present "E" serves excellently.

Translated from the French, God knows how, by Ian Monk. Requires some
minor cheating.

lipogrammatically,

O.R.




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