Comments on: A whole Book without an E

By: DcTurner

DcTurner — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:48:14 +0000

This is Oulipo, it’s brilliant; really good for beating writer’s block and inspiring creativity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo

By: RGS

RGS — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:04:41 +0000

SomoneM … how did he end the book … lol .. I have to go back now and check on that.

And Scandinavian Reader, thank you very much for doing some research and for posting it.

By: SimoneM

SimoneM — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:18:09 +0000

Fantastic…I think…
But I suppose it is one way of getting publicity. Imagine your frustration though, when you’ve gone to all that trouble of writing gazillion chapters of whatever and then you can’t type THE END…

By: a scandinavian reader

a scandinavian reader — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:31:04 +0000

I would like to point out, that Gadsby is not first one to write a book without a single letter. French writer Georges Perec wrote La disparition (Â´disappearanceÂ´) already in 1969, using words that excluded the letter ‘e’. the interesting part was, that not even the publisher notice that something was missing from the book!

quote from wikipedia:

“Perec is also noted for his constrained writing: his 300-page novel La disparition (1969) is a lipogram, written without ever using the letter “e”. It has been translated into English by Gilbert Adair under the title A Void (1994).The silent disappearance of the letter might be considered a metaphor for the Jewish experience during the Second World War. Since the name ‘Georges Perec’ is full of ‘e’s, the disappearance of the letter also ensures the author’s own ‘disappearance’.”

By: 459. Bright Idea?: a Manuscript sans E « SparkBugg.com

459. Bright Idea?: a Manuscript sans E « SparkBugg.com — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:53:07 +0000

[...] 459. Bright Idea?: a Manuscript sans E August 23, 2007 Posted by SparkBugg in Book. trackback I didn’t think it was possible, but it is: someone wrote an entire manuscript, titled “Gadsby,” without once using the letter “E.” That means no “the, he, she.” Below is the first sentence. Check out the entire story HERE; via RGS. [...]