Author(s): Harry Mathews (Editor); Alastair Brotchie (Editor)

Writing

Atlas Archive Series No 6 The Oulipo is a group of literary game-players who have been meeting regularly for 35 years in Paris and has numbered among its members many of the most famous writers of the post-war period: Queneau, Calvino, Perec, Mathews etc. This anthology is a complete encyclopaedia of all its methods, with texts by most of its members and many others who use the technique. A fascinating, informative and essentially entertaining book, its dozens of techniques are available for all to use.