{"product_id":"a-void-9781567928228","title":"A Void","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize for translation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mind-bending and mysterious comedy from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife A User's Manual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Void\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a great linguistic adventure and a metaphysical whodunit, chock-full of plots and subplots, of trails in pursuit of trails, all displaying Georges Perec's virtuosity as a verbal magician. It is also an outrageous verbal stunt: a 300-page novel that never once employs the letter E. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1968, and as France is torn apart by social and political anarchy, the noted eccentric and insomniac Anton Vowl goes missing. Ransacking his Paris flat, his best friends scour his diary for clues to his whereabouts. At first glance these pages reveal nothing but Vowl's penchant for word games, especially for \"lipograms,\" compositions in which the use of a particular letter is suppressed. But as the friends work out Vowl's verbal puzzles, and as they investigate various leads discovered among the entries, they too disappear, one by one by one, and under the most mysterious circumstances . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA book that only Georges Perec could have conceived, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Void\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \"a rollicking story, wildly amusing and easily accessible to all of us who don't mind slipping, sliding and being tripped.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Georges Perec\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verba Mundi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567928228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Perec\u003c\/b\u003e was a French essayist, novelist, memoirist, and filmmaker. Born in Paris in 1936, the child of Polish Jews, his father died as soldier in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holocaust. Much of his work dealt with themes of identity, loss, absence--including his most celebrated work, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife A User's Manual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to being honored by the \u003ci\u003ePrix Renaudot\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), the \u003ci\u003ePrix Jean Vigo\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), the \u003ci\u003ePrix Médicis\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), and the French postal service (2002), both an asteroid and a street in Paris were named in his honor--as well as a Google Doodle on his 80th birthday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGilbert Adair\u003c\/b\u003e was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist--who took on the \"fiendish\" translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Void\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the letter E is not used.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Georges Perec \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47699000131741,"sku":"9781567928228","price":39.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_17d0ec93-db5a-43c7-8a50-21917768773f.jpg?v=1772695365","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-void-9781567928228","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}