Reading Felix Feneon, known as writer of Paris newspaper briefs. Invented its literary style. French, of course. Anarchist. Famous and dead. (Twitter @ajfortin)
Exactly 140 spaces. The most you can squeeze out of Twitter. Felix Feneon‘s turn of the twentieth century newspaper style is perfect for the Twitter mentality. Here’s a sample from a collection of his famous briefs, Novels in Three Lines:
On Becu, 28, who arrived at Beaujon Hospital with a gunshot wound, they counted 28 scars. His nickname in the underworld: The Target.
133 spaces.
There was a gas explosion at the home of Larrieux, in Bordeaux. He was injured. His mother-in-law’s hair caught on fire. The ceiling caved in.
154 spaces. Close enough for analogue.
Does go to show how much intrigue you can stuff into a Tweet, however.
August 15, 2008 at 2:39 pm
félix has finally made it to twitter: http://twitter.com/novelsin3lines