Gadsby

Sunday, 28 March 2004 16:46
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Mostly for my own reference:

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Date: Sunday, 28 March 2004 13:11 (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] subbes
That's the novel written without using the letter 'e,' correct?

Gadsby

Date: Sunday, 28 March 2004 20:27 (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] pne.livejournal.com
Indeed it is.

(Though it's not the only such—apparently there's at least one more such novel: The Void, the translation of a French work, La Disparition, by Georges Perec.)

Date: Monday, 29 March 2004 09:48 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] n-true.livejournal.com
Wow! I'm quite amaz*d. Do*s such a t*xt *xist in G*rman as w*ll?

Date: Wednesday, 31 March 2004 22:23 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thedward.livejournal.com
Douglas Hoftstadter has an amazing book about translation that has a cool discussion about that book and other lipograms. You should track down a copy if you find such things as fascinating as I do.

Date: Thursday, 1 April 2004 06:01 (UTC)
ext_78: A picture of a plush animal. It looks a bit like a cross between a duck and a platypus. (Default)
From: [identity profile] pne.livejournal.com
That sounds fascinating indeed.

Do you have a title for me, or even better, an ISBN?

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