Exercises in Style

Wright says Exercises in Style was one of the books Queneau wanted translated. What is her reaction?

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When Wright finds out Exercises in Style is one of the books Queneau wants translated, her initial reaction is that he is crazy. She thought the point of the exercises was an experiment in the French language. However, she realizes in as much as the story doesn't matter, the language in which it is written doesn't matter, and speculates that it is instead an experiment in communicative patterns.