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Eunoia
Christian Bök
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Belletristik / Lyrik, Dramatik
Beschreibung
Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize (2002)
Stunning and masterful in its execution, Eunoia is a five-chapter book in which each chapter is a univocal lipogram.
The word �eunoia,� which literally means �beautiful thinking,� is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Directly inspired by the Oulipo (l�Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle), a French writers� group interested in experimenting with different forms of literary constraint, Eunoia is a five-chapter book in which each chapteris a univocal lipogram � the first chapter has A as its only vowel, the second chapter E, etc. Each vowel takes on a distinct personality: the I is egotistical and romantic, the O jocular and obscene, the E elegiac and epic (including a retelling of the Iliad!).
Stunning in its implications and masterful in its execution, Eunoia has developed a cult following, garnering extensive praise and winning the Griffin Poetry Prize. The original edition was never released in the U.S., but it has already been a bestseller in Canada and the U.K. (published by Canongate Books), where it was listed as one of the Times� top ten books of 2008.
This new edition features several new but related poems by Christian Bok and an expanded afterword.
'Eunoia is a novel that will drive everybody sane.' �Samuel Delany
'Eunoia takes the lipogram and rendersit obsolete.' �Kenneth Goldsmith
'A marvellous, musical texture of rhymes and echoes.' �Harry Mathews
'An exemplary monument for 21st century poetry.' �Charles Bernstein
'Bök's dazzling word games are the literary sensation of the year.' �The Times
'A resounding success ... brilliant.' �The Guardian
'Brilliant ... beautiful and strange.' �Today Programme, BBC Radio 4
'Impressive.' �Sunday Telegraph
'No mere Christmas stocking filler for Countdown fans. Rather, it's an ingenious little novel ... playful and irreverent ... charming.' �Metro
