The Penguin Book of Oulipo

A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Lovers of word games and literary puzzles will relish this indispensable anthology' The Guardian. 'At times you simply have to stand back in amazement' Daily Telegraph. 'An exhilarating feat it takes its place as the definitive anthology in English for decades to come' Marina Warner. Brought together for the first time here are 100 pieces of 'Oulipo' writing celebrating the literary group who revelled in maths problems puzzles trickery wordplay and conundrums.. Featuring writers including Georges Perec Raymond Queneau and Italo Calvino it includes poems short stories word games and even recipes. Alongside these famous Oulipians are 'anticipatory' wordsmiths who crafted language with unusual constraints and literary tricks from Jonathan Swift to Lewis Carroll. . Philip Terry's playful selection will appeal to lovers of word games puzzles and literary delights.