Today’s archival tidbit comes from Condensed Knowledge:
One of the strangest novels ever written may be “Gates of Paradise” by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909-1983). It is one sentence long, unpunctuated, and 40,000 words.
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I thought it would be Joyce or Faulkner.
posted by Natty Bumppo on 12-13-2006 at 1:59 pm
And doesn’t it just figure that my library doesn’t have it.
posted by Sillstaw on 12-13-2006 at 2:23 pm
As an English major/grammar nazi, that makes my soul hurt……
posted by Kate on 12-13-2006 at 3:18 pm
Note that punctuation has been used for a few hundred years and that most of our historical texts have no punctuation.
posted by Sylrom on 12-14-2006 at 10:04 am
Gives a whole new meanong to “Yeah yeah honey, right after I finish this sentence”
posted by Marika on 12-14-2006 at 12:15 pm
“gates of paradise” (trans. james kirkup) is punctuated and is two sentences long. the 2nd sentence is five words long.
posted by josh on 12-20-2006 at 4:19 pm