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Pataphysica

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Spiral Energy @ Balance / Mizzi, Denis ; Jarry A ; Blake W., 1998

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Identifier: CC-37382-39235
Scope and Contents

The contents of this book are concerned with the force and mystery of the spiral. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Stories & Remarks / Queneau, Raymond ; Marc Lowenthal, translator ; Leiris M., 2000

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Identifier: CC-38194-40090
Scope and Contents Raymond Queneau - polyglot, novelist, poet, mathematician, screenwriter and translator - was one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century French letters. His work touches on many of the major literary movements of his lifetime, from surrealism to the experimental school of the nouveau roman. He also founded the Oulipo, a collection of writers and mathematicians dedicated to the search for artificial inspiration via the application of constraint. Michael Leiris contributed a preface.This book was reviewed by mjespuiva from Seattle, WA. This person states the following. "These pieces are followed by Notes - a section I rarely like in literature but here it is appropriate, necessary and well done. These pieces often require knowledge of the world play in French or the ability to catch allusions that are unlikely to be known by an English-language reader. A sampling of the texts included:"Dino" is the story of an invisible dog accompanying its master...
Dates: 2000

Your Name Here / Anonymous., 1992

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Identifier: CC-26360-26827
Scope and Contents

Consists of a pataphysical (pseudoscientific) description of the making of a book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992