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Hortense Is Abducted

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Dalkey Archive Press, 1989 - Fiction - 229 pages
-- First paperback edition.
-- In this madcap metafictional mystery a 22-year-old philosophy student (Hortense) is kidnapped and a dog is murdered -- the imaginary country of Poldevia is somehow involved. Arranged in the form of a sestina (replete with authorial asides and plenty of puns, jokes and wordplay), this is the second installment in Roubaud's popular and widely acclaimed "Hortense" series.
-- A professor of mathematics at the University of Paris X Nanterre and a long time member of Oulipo, the Workshop for Potential Literature, Jacques Roubaud is the author of several novels and works of poetry.
-- First published in the U.S. by Dalkey Archive (1989).

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Review: Hortense is Abducted (Hortense #2)

User Review  - Jordan Smith - Goodreads

One of my favorite first sentences ever. Much to enjoy, much to think about; the problem for me was that there is much to think about again, and again...and again... I have never seen the "meta" laid ... Read full review

Review: Hortense is Abducted (Hortense #2)

User Review  - MJ Nicholls - Goodreads

From Jacques the Fatalist to Jacques Roubaud: OuLiPo's lesser-known practitioner and most famous surviving member, excluding Harry Mathews, who isn't really French anyway. For some reason, Dalkey ... Read full review

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About the author (1989)

Jacques Roubaud, born in 1932, has been a professor of mathematics at the University of Paris X Nanterre. He is one of the most accomplished members of the Oulipo, the workshop for experimental literature founded by Raymond Queneau and Francois Le Lionnais. He is the author of numerous books of prose, theatre and poetry.

In addition to several of Jacques Roubaud s books, Dominic Di Bernardi has translated works by Louis-Ferdinand C line, Muriel Cerf, Claude Ollier, and Patrick Grainville, among others.

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TitleHortense Is Abducted
French literature series
AuthorJacques Roubaud
Translated byDominic Di Bernardi
Editionreprint
PublisherDalkey Archive Press, 1989
ISBN1564782565, 9781564782564
Length229 pages
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Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
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