jeu d'esprit in English
noun
1
a lighthearted display of wit and cleverness, especially in a work of literature.
If one regards it simply as a jeu d'esprit it is all very pleasant, but as a real contribution to the literature of the sky-scraper it has no value.
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1. 20 PAUL AUSTER'S new novel is a curious jeu d'esprit—though the jeu isn't much fun and the esprit is pretty gloomy.