‘According to the current way of thinking (or not-thinking), it seems that if we are to enjoy anything then we must not have to think about it, and, conversely, if we are to think about anything, then we mustn’t enjoy it. This is a calamitous and idiotic division of functions.'[1]
– Queneau. R. 1947. Exercises in Style New York, United States: New Directions (2012) p. xiv
[1] Excerpt of the preface by Barbara Wright who translated Queneau’s Exercises de Style in 1981.
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