Loves, Delights, & Organs
French master absurdist Alphonse Allais's madcap collection of stories, fables, hoaxes and jokes — pataphysical fun for the literate layabout. This first English translation features 47 sublime textual specimens — PLUS six additional stories, a rousing introduction, and enlightening notes on the translation by Allaisian scholar Doug Skinner. If you’ve yet to discover the bizarre world of Alphonse Allais, you’re in for a treat. “Allais comes across as a very modern writer, and his work as an experimental enterprise which is exemplary in many ways... it is also quite possible to invoke such writers as Raymond Queneau, Italo Calvino, and Jorge Luis Borges.” —Jean-Marie Defays
161 pages
English edition · First published 2022 by Black Scat Books · ISBN 9781737943099
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