Raymond Queneau was a French novelist known for his unique writing style and passion for linguistic experimentation. His works often challenged traditional narrative structures and are celebrated for their innovation and humor.
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Source: Odile
“Man's usual routine is to work and to dream and work and dream.”
“The most heartbreakingly poignant modern love story ever written.”
“Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune.”
Source: Zazie in the metro
“One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.”
“The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.”
“It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey.”
“Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.”