
Life : A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
Title:
Life : A User's Manual
Author:
Georges Perec
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
608 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780099449256
EAN:
9780099449256
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
542
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 131 x 37
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
In this ingenious book Perec creates an entire microcosm in a Paris apartment block. Serge Valene wants to make an elaborate painting of the building he has made his home for the last sixty years. As he plans his picture, he contemplates the lives of all the people he has ever known there. Chapter by chapter, the narrative moves around the building revealing a marvellously diverse cast of characters in a series of every more unlikely tales, which range from an avenging murderer to an eccentric English millionaire who has devised the ultimate pastime...

















