Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep by Perec, Georges
Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep by Perec, Georges

Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep

Two thematically-related novellas by Georges Perec in one volume. In each, Perec probes our obsession with society's...
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Author: Georges Perec
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Language: English
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Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep by Perec, Georges

Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep

$67.99 $37.90
Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep by Perec, Georges

Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep

$67.99 $37.90
Author: Georges Perec
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Two thematically-related novellas by Georges Perec in one volume. In each, Perec probes our obsession with society's trappings-the seductive mass of things that masquerade as stability and meaning.

In Things: A Story of the Sixties, Jerome and Sylvie, a young, upwardly mobile couple lust for the good life, caught between the fantasy of "the film they would have liked to live" and the reality of life's daily mundanities.

The nameless student in A Man Asleep attempts to purify himself entirely of material desires and ambition. He longs "to want nothing. Just to wait, until there is nothing left to wait for. Just to wander, and to sleep." Yearning to exist on neutral ground as "a blessed parenthesis," he discovers something unexpected.

With the American publication of Life: A User's Manual in 1987, Georges Perec was recognized in the United States as one of this century's most innovative writers. Things: A Story of the Sixties is accessible, sobering, and deeply involving. Each novel distills Perec's unerring grasp of the human condition and displays his rare comic talent, detachment, and compassion.

Author: Georges Perec
Publisher: Verba Mundi
Published: 07/16/2010
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781567921571

About the Author
Perec, Georges: -

Georges Perec 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, Life A User's Manual.
In addition to being honored by the Prix Renaudot (1965), the Prix Jean Vigo (1974), the Prix Médicis (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.

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