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-- First paperback edition. -- Hortense is in trouble again. Set to marry the Premier Prince Presumptive, our heroine finds herself caught in the middle of the plot of Hamlet, playing the unfortunate role of Ophelia. Can she escape in time? Brimming with brilliant wordplay, mathematical equations, literary allusions, and cats, Hortense in Exile continues the Hortense series in grand style. -- Jacques Roubaud is president of the l'Association Georges Perec, a society dedicated to honoring the show more work of his fellow Oulipian. -- First published in the U.S. by Dalkey Archive (1992). show lessTags
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- L'Exil d'Hortense
- Original publication date
- 1990 (Fr) (Fr); 1992 (En) (En)
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- Alexandre Vladimirovitch sprang upward. His right forepaw nimbly rapped the tip of the doorknob.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)(Will they be overtaken and captured? Will they escape? You'll find out when you read the sequel to these adventures in Lady Hortense; the Reader still hasn't caught up with the Author, whoosh!)
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