Pourquoi je n'ai écrit aucun de mes livres

By Marcel Bénabou

Book Overview

Marcel B nabou is quick to acknowledge that his own difficulty in writing has plenty of company. Words stick and syntax is stubborn, meaning slips and synonyms cluster. A blank page taunts and a full one accuses. B nabou knows the heroic joy of depriving critics of victims, the kindness of sparing publishers decisions, and the public charity of leaving more room in bookstore displays. Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books (Pourquoi je n'ai crit aucun de mes livres) provides both a respectful litany of writers' fears and a dismissal of the alibis offered to excuse them. The author (or not) of a dozen books, Marcel B nabou is a professor of ancient history at the University of Paris VII and permanent provisional secretary of Oulipo. David Kornacker is a writer and translator living in New York City. Warren Motte is a professor of French at the University of Colorado.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080326139X
• ISBN13: 9780803261396
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.8" x 7.7"