{"product_id":"9781770562592","title":"Eunoia: The Upgraded Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe word 'eunoia,' which literally means 'beautiful thinking,' is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Directly inspired by the Oulipo (l'Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle), a French writers' group interested in experimenting with different forms of literary constraint, \u003cem\u003eEunoia\u003c\/em\u003e is a five-chapter book in which each chapter is a univocal lipogram – the first chapter has A as its only vowel, the second chapter E, etc. Each vowel takes on a distinct personality: the I is egotistical and romantic, the O jocular and obscene, the E elegiac and epic (including a retelling of the Iliad!).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunning in its implications and masterful in its execution, \u003cem\u003eEunoia\u003c\/em\u003e has developed a cult following, garnering extensive praise and winning the Griffin Poetry Prize. The original edition has been a bestseller in Canada and the U.K. (published by Canongate Books), where it was listed as one of the \u003cem\u003eTimes'\u003c\/em\u003e top ten books of 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition features several new but related poems by Christian Bök and an expanded afterword.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eEunoia\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that will drive everybody sane.' – Samuel Delany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eEunoia\u003c\/em\u003e takes the lipogram and renders it obsolete.' – Kenneth Goldsmith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A marvellous, musical texture of rhymes and echoes.' – Harry Mathews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An exemplary monument for 21st century poetry.' – Charles Bernstein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Bök's dazzling word games are the literary sensation of the year.' – \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A resounding success ... brilliant.' – \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant ... beautiful and strange.' – Today Programme, BBC Radio 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Impressive.' – \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'No mere Christmas stocking filler for Countdown fans. Rather, it's an ingenious little novel ... playful and irreverent ... charming.' – \u003cem\u003eMetro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166545854704,"sku":"9781770562592","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770562592_p0.jpg?v=1763706758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770562592","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}