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A late 20th-century kabala, a labyrinth of literary secrets that will lure the uninitiated into rethinking everything they know about books and writing. The definitive encyclopedia of contemporary word-magic.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 1998Oulipo Compendium (Atlas Archive)Exact Change · 336 pages · 9780947757960
- Other · English · 2005Atlas Press · 333 pages · 9781900565189
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