Author: Raymond Queneau

Quotes

Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.

Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.

- Raymond Queneau

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.

- Raymond Queneau

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.

- Raymond Queneau

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

- Raymond Queneau

We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.

We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.

- Raymond Queneau

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