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  "textContent": "In 1969, French author Georges Perec wrote _La Disparition_ , an entire novel that does not contain the letter E. In 1994, Gilbert Adair translated it into English as _A Void_ — also without a single E. I've only read portions of it, and I'm still amazed that someone could tell a coherent story without the most common letter in the English language. — Read the rest \n\nThe post A Pulitzer winner wrote a short story without using the letter \"I\" appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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