Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Sunday, July 25, 2010
A literary proposal
In 1969, French author Georges Perec published his book La Disparition (in English "The Disappearance", though an English translation would later be published under the title The Void) which entirely omitted the letter E, which is the most common letter in both French and English.
In 2001, Canadian poet Christian Bök published his book Eunoia containing five chapters, one for each of the five vowels. Each chapter used no vowels other than the single one the chapter was named for. Thus, the A chapter contained no vowels other than A.
Now it is 2010 and a new literary power has arrived - me. I have contrived to write an entire book using only the letter E. It is a horror story and will chill your heart just as surely as it amazes your mind. To generate publicity and find a publisher, may I present a short extract which I think conveys the flavour of the whole:
In 2001, Canadian poet Christian Bök published his book Eunoia containing five chapters, one for each of the five vowels. Each chapter used no vowels other than the single one the chapter was named for. Thus, the A chapter contained no vowels other than A.
Now it is 2010 and a new literary power has arrived - me. I have contrived to write an entire book using only the letter E. It is a horror story and will chill your heart just as surely as it amazes your mind. To generate publicity and find a publisher, may I present a short extract which I think conveys the flavour of the whole:
"Eeeeeee! EEEEEEE!!! Eeeeeeeeee! Eeeeeeeee! EeeeeEEEEEE!!!! EEEEEEEEEE! Eeeeee! Eeeeeeeeeee! Eeeeeee!!!! Eeeeeeeee!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"For trade enquiries please contact my agent.
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