-- First paperback edition. -- In this madcap metafictional mystery a 22-year-old philosophy student (Hortense) is kidnapped and a dog is murdered -- the imaginary country of Poldevia is somehow involved. Arranged in the form of a sestina (replete with authorial asides and plenty of puns, jokes and wordplay), this is the second installment in Roubaud's popular and widely acclaimed Hortense series.
-- A professor of mathematics at the University of Paris X Nanterre and a long time member of Oulipo, the Workshop for Potential Literature, Jacques Roubaud is the author of several novels and works of poetry. -- First published in the U.S. by Dalkey Archive (1989).
| ISBN: | 9781564782564 |
| Publication date: | 14th December 2000 |
| Author: | Jacques Roubaud, Dominic Di Bernardi |
| Publisher: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 229 pages |
| Series: | French Literature |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
-- First paperback edition. -- In this madcap metafictional mystery a 22-year-old philosophy student (Hortense) is kidnapped and a dog is murdered -- the imaginary country of Poldevia is somehow involved. Arranged in the form of a sestina (replete with authorial asides and plenty of puns, jokes and wordplay), this is the second installment in Roubaud's popular and widely acclaimed Hortense series. -- A professor of mathematics at the University of Paris X Nanterre and a long time member of Oulipo, the Workshop for Potential Literature, Jacques Roubaud is the author of several novels and works of poetry. -- First published in the U.S. by Dalkey Archive (1989).
Hortense is Abducted features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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Hortense is Abducted was written by Jacques Roubaud, Dominic Di Bernardi and published by Dalkey Archive Press
Hortense is Abducted has 229 pages
Yes it is part of French Literature series