Some Restrictions Apply: Oulipo Novels & Texts

Explore a curated list of Oulipo novels and texts where creative restrictions shape unique literary works. Discover how constraints inspire innovation in these groundbreaking books.

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Life, a User's Manual

by Georges Perec

Represents an exploration of the relationship between imagination and reality as seen through the eyes of the dying Serge Valene, an inhabitant of a large …
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino's classic, multifaceted novel about writing and readers.
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Invisible Cities

by Italo Calvino

In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with …
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The Castle of Crossed Destinies

by Italo Calvino

"A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then a tavern. Their powers of speech are magically taken from them and instead …
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Dictionary of the Khazars (M)

by Milorad Pavic

A national bestseller, Dictionary of the Khazars was cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of the year. …
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Landscape Painted with Tea

by Milorad Pavic

By the author of the highly acclaimed literary bestseller Dictionary of the Khazars, this is a tale of a mysterious quest that is part modern …
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Collected Fictions

by Jorge Luis Borges

For the first time in English, all the fiction by the writer who has been called “the greatest Spanish-language writer of our century” collected in …