Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Jean_Crespin t1_j92ozzy wrote

Reply to comment by QuentinUK in TIL about lipograms: written work in which a particular letter is intentionally omitted. Ernest Wright wrote his 1939 novel Gadsby without the letter "e," and his book was 50,000 words long. by class-in-a-glass

The English translation of Perec's book is not an easy read, though full points for making the omission relevant to the plot. I assume it works better in French, with a few more basic words available?

2

blakerabbit t1_j92wmi5 wrote

Actually it’s if anything harder to omit e in French

3