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The word eunoia, which literally means beautiful thinking, is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Directly inspired by the Oulipo (l Ouvroir de Litterature Potentielle), a French writers group interested in experimenting with different forms of literary constraint, "Eunoia" is a five-chapter book in which each chapter is a univocal lipogram the first chapter has A as its only vowel, the second chapter E, etc. Each vowel takes on a distinct personality: the I is egotistical and romantic, the O jocular and obscene, the E elegiac and epic (including a retelling of the Iliad!).Stunning in its implications and masterful in its execution, "Eunoia" has developed a cult following, garnering extensive praise and winning the Griffin Poetry Prize. The original edition was never released in the U.S., but it has already been a bestseller in Canada and the U.K. (published by Canongate Books), where it was listed as one of the "Times " top ten books of 2008.This edition features several new but related poems by Christian Bok and an expanded afterword." The word ‘eunoia,’ which literally means ‘beautiful thinking,’ is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowe

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Author

Christian Bök

Publisher

Coach House Books Publishers Group Canada [distributor

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781552452257

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry

Rating

4.5 / 5 (126 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14