Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable

Name: Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable
Rating: 8.2 (15 reviews)
Author: Марк Данн
ISBN: 978-0967370163

Марк Данн

Ella Minnow Pea is set on the fictitious island of Nollop, an isle 21 miles SE off the coast of South Carolina, and home to Nevin Nollop, the supposed creator of the well-known pangram "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." This sentence is preserved on a memorial to its creator on the island and is taken very seriously by the government of the island. Throughout the book, tiles containing the letters fall from the inscription beneath the statue, and as each one does, the island's govern...

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Издательство:

MacAdam/Cage Publishing

ISBN:

978-0967370163

Год издания:

2001

Язык:

Английский

Возрастные ограничения:

18+

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lfcbabe
16 марта 2012
Симпатичная небольшая сказка, практически лингвистическая антиутопия в эпистолярной форме. Она не очень серьёзная и форма довлеет над содержанием, но как интересный эксперимент, практически книга-игра должна понравиться языковым энтузиастам.
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Jocelyn_Phoenix
21 августа 2026
This hit harder than I expected.

I was planning on reading a quirky book with some linguistic playfulness. What do you mean it read as a thriller and almost made me cry?

For a short book with a somewhat silly premise, it reflected too well basic rights being taken from people and various consequences of it.

The letters got a bit confusing at times. Yes, each one had a signature saying who was writing but the voices weren’t distinct enough, even before the limitations.

I was a little disappointed by the “okay, you can replace the forbidden letters with similar sounding ones now” by the end. I’d rather it went all the way.

Overall, a surprisingly emotional read with some linguistic fun.
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