I haven't read 99 Ways to Tell a Story, but when I read Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style about a decade ago (in English translation) I was delighted by it. Though I have not reread the book recently, 2008-me would heartily recommend it. I've noticed that exercises in style (in writing or…
The Raymond Queneau Exercises in Style is a delightful introduction to OuLiPo. It takes the same story and tells it in 99 different ways (including N+7). To me, a lot of what the OuLiPo constraints do is to free one’s writing voice from the…
It's funny you should mention translations as different: when Umberto Eco translated Queneau's Exercises in Style he had to rewrite more than a few. Many would consider all translations of that book as rewritings, new exercises. Some don't even have the same number of pieces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercises_in_Style
我没读过《讲故事的99种方式》，但大概十年前读雷蒙·格诺的《风格练习》（英文译本）时，我被它深深惊艳到了。虽然最近没重读，但2008年的我绝对会由衷推荐它。我发现风格练习（无论是写作还是……
I haven't read 99 Ways to Tell a Story, but when I read Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style about a decade ago (in English translation) I was delighted by it. Though I have not reread the book recently, 2008-me would heartily recommend it. I've noticed that exercises in style (in writing or…
雷蒙·格诺的《风格练习》是一本非常精彩的乌力波（OuLiPo）入门书。它把同一个故事用99种不同的方式重述了一遍（包括 N+7 法）。对我来说，乌力波的种种限制规则很大程度上是为了把一个人的写作声音从……中解放出来。
The Raymond Queneau Exercises in Style is a delightful introduction to OuLiPo. It takes the same story and tells it in 99 different ways (including N+7). To me, a lot of what the OuLiPo constraints do is to free one’s writing voice from the…
真巧你提到了译本之间的差异：当翁贝托·埃科翻译格诺的《风格练习》时，不得不重写了相当一部分篇幅。许多人甚至认为那本书的所有译本都是在重写，是一次次新的风格练习。有些译本的篇数甚至都不一样。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercises_in_Style
It's funny you should mention translations as different: when Umberto Eco translated Queneau's Exercises in Style he had to rewrite more than a few. Many would consider all translations of that book as rewritings, new exercises. Some don't even have the same number of pieces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercises_in_Style