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Lupercali OP t1_ixuobjj wrote

Reply to comment by SlightlyScruffy in TIL that in 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright wrote and published a 50,000 word novel, 'Gadsby' which does not contain the letter 'e' . A warehouse containing most copies of the book burned down. by Lupercali

You reminded me of the excellent novel Ella Minnow Pea, written as a diary, on an island where the government progressively bans letter of the alphabet until it becomes virtually impossible to write.

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SlightlyScruffy t1_ixuom61 wrote

I've read that too. Nice. I've got an entire book of different oulipo, some of which is hard going.

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