À se tordre

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À se tordre is a celebrated collection of humorous and absurd short pieces by French writer Alphonse Allais, showcasing his distinctive wit and wordplay.

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instanceOf book
literary work
short story collection
author Alphonse Allais NERFINISHED
copyrightStatus public domain in many jurisdictions
countryOfOrigin France
creator Alphonse Allais NERFINISHED
describedAs collection of humorous and absurd short pieces
genre absurdist fiction
humor
short stories
hasEdition French-language editions
translated editions
hasFormat print
hasInfluenced 20th-century French comic prose
French humorists
hasPart comic monologue
humorous sketch
short story
hasReception critical acclaim
hasTitle À se tordre
influencedBy French cabaret culture
fin-de-siècle Parisian humor
intendedAudience adult readers
isInTheBibliographyOf Alphonse Allais NERFINISHED
language French
literaryMovement Belle Époque literature NERFINISHED
mainSubject everyday life
human folly
social satire
notableFor absurd humor
paradoxical situations
puns
satire
wordplay
originalPublisher Paul Ollendorff NERFINISHED
partOf French humorous literature canon
period late 19th century
publicationDate 1891
setting France
Paris
style concise prose
ironic tone
linguistic experimentation
nonsense humor
titleLanguage French

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