Exercises in Wile From: Artforum | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright Artforum Inc. Fall 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Exercises in Wile RAYMOND QUENEAU, THE NOVELIST AS TRICKSTER

BY JORDAN STUMP * STRAIGHT ANSWERS ARE HARD TO COME BY IN NORMANDY, A HOARY FRENCH LEGEND ASSURES US. ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION, AND YOUR ONLY REWARD WILL BE A SHRUGGING "MAYBE YES, MAYBE NO." TO BE SURE, THIS ALLEGATION IS WORTH WHAT EVERY STEREOTYPE IS WORTH, WHICH IS TO SAY, NOTHING, AND TO BE SURE, RAYMOND QUENEAU WAS NORMAN ONLY BY BIRTH (HE LEFT HIS NATIVE LE HAVRE FOR PARIS AT AGE EIGHTEEN AND SCARCELY LOOKED BACK), BUT THE FACT REMAINS that his life might best be defined as the story of a man who refused to make up his mind. An ...

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