Talk:The Gates of Paradise
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Fun :D[edit]
I thought it would be fun to write this entire article in one sentence... here it goes!
The Gates of Paradise (Polish: Bramy raju) is a novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski published in 1960: it consists of 40,000 words written in two sentences, with nearly no punctuation, making it an exercise in constrained writing; the second sentence contains only four words "And they marched all night" (I szli całą noc);[1] The book tells the story of the Children's Crusade of 1212 trying to reach the Holy Land: the idealistic naivety of major participants is contrasted with the cynicism of others, who are morally corrupted while in charge; the author makes allusions to a somewhat similar situation existing in communist Poland of his own time.[2]
-Newyorkadam (talk) 04:02, 28 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
References
- ^ Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909-1983) University of Glasgow College of Arts. Slavonic studies.
"Nearly no punctuation"?[edit]
"The novel consists of 40,000 words written in two sentences, with nearly no punctuation, making it an exercise in constrained writing." - this sentence isn't entirely accurate. The writer did use a lot of punctuation marks - perhaps more so than in a regular novel. There is a lot of commas, dashes, semicolons etc. The only constraint was the lack of periods (they only appear twice, on the last page) making it appear as if it was written in two sentences.