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Autoportrait

Ranging from Madrid to Milwaukee

Based on an actual bus trip taken by Oulipo-member Jacques Jouet in the late '80s

Life of a Bishop's Assistant Satire a long time resident ofLife of a Bishops Assistant is a rewritten biography of the eighteenth century historical figure Gavriil Dobrinin. The son of a priest, he became a bishops assistant before being fortunate enough to rise all the way to the position of gubernia procurator. Shklovsky illuminates Dobrinins obscure story, narrating it with an innovative ingenuity that takes centre stage. Life of a Bishops Assistant is a rewritten biography of the eighteenth century