Following up on Ernest Vincent Wright's Gasby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E", Michel Thaler has written a novel without verbs. Which begs the question: can a novel resembling the Incredible Hulk's vernacular remain captivating for 250 pages?
Posted by DrMabuse at May 11, 2004 10:54 AMDon't forget Georges Perec's La Disparition and its English translation (A Void), which also accomplished the no-E trick.
Still, though, no *verbs*?
Posted by: Brian at May 11, 2004 12:46 PM