Ella Minnow Pea

UNA NOVELA PROGRESIVAMENTE LIPOGRAMÁTICA

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Published by E.D.A. LIBROS.

ISBN:
978-84-92821-63-1
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En Nollop, la isla cercana a Carolina del Sur antes llamada Utopianna, veneran a Nevin Nollop, el creador del pangrama Jovencillo emponzoñado de whisky, ¡qué figurota exhibes! Movidos por su devoción al ilustre paisano y por su amor a la lengua, los isleños hace mucho que erigieron un monumento en su honor y colocaron en lo más alto, como homenaje a su destreza lingüística, unos azulejos donde podía leerse la iniciática frase. Tras décadas de esplendor, un infausto día uno de esos azulejos, el de la letra Z, cae al suelo y se hace añicos. Los miembros del Consejo Superior Insular interpretan esa caída como un mensaje de su santo patrón desde el más allá y disponen que se prohíba el uso de esa letra en el habla y la escritura. Los que infringan la nueva ley se exponen a severos castigos, incluso a la muerte, si la infracción es …

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Review of 'Ella Minnow Pea' on 'Goodreads'

Ella Minnow Pea is a contrived fantasy set on an island of people who delight in flowery language. It features a small, old-fashioned courtship during what I would more likely describe as "a plague of letters".

It's fun and diverting. It's not difficult to read even when, about three-quarters through, it switches to using homophones instead of restricting words themselves.

The pace never rises above a gentle saunter. Don't think of it as some great literary achievement, but enjoy it for what it is.

Review of 'Ella Minnow Pea' on 'Goodreads'

I write this on Nollop on October 13. They say that it is illegal to use letters D, F, J, K, Q, Z. Thus, this is my review about this marvellous thing. It's brilliant. I turn through it in a single one-more-than-three hour sitting while anticipating my aeroplane leaving. It gets more yet more inventive all the way through. It has a clever twist, a clever title. It is especially marvellous because writers have to use variable expressions, as am I, to postulate amongst themselves about what is going on. There is a small portion three-sixths through where I perceive it is a literary excercise, but that might have been the sleep starting: but it cleverly moves up a gear anyway. Brilliant. (Oh, and writing that was very difficult indeed!!)

Review of 'Ella Minnow Pea' on 'Goodreads'

Part whimsical book of language, centered around "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". Part heavy-handed allegory about dogma, tyranny, and the populace's accepting of it.

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Subjects

  • Fables
  • Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Communal living
  • Islands
  • Humor (Fiction)
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