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I Remember
Georges Perec
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Description for I Remember
Paperback. At once an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring pointillist autobiography, this title translates into English Georges Perec's major works. It consists of 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with "I remember," and all limited to pieces of public knowledge - brand names and folk wisdom, actors and illnesses. Translator(s): Terry, Philip. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
Translated into English for the first time, this is Georges Perec's unique, puzzling, and often imitated memoir. At once an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring pointillist autobiography, Georges Perec's / Remember is the last of this essential writer's major works to be translated into English. Consisting of 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with "I remember," and all limited to pieces of public knowledge - brand names and folk wisdom, actors and illnesses, places and things ("I remember: "When parents drink, children tipple"; "I remember Hermes handbags, with their tiny padlocks"; "I remember myxomatosis") - the book ... Read more
Translated into English for the first time, this is Georges Perec's unique, puzzling, and often imitated memoir. At once an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring pointillist autobiography, Georges Perec's / Remember is the last of this essential writer's major works to be translated into English. Consisting of 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with "I remember," and all limited to pieces of public knowledge - brand names and folk wisdom, actors and illnesses, places and things ("I remember: "When parents drink, children tipple"; "I remember Hermes handbags, with their tiny padlocks"; "I remember myxomatosis") - the book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Verba Mundi Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9781567925173
SKU
V9781567925173
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About Georges Perec
Georges Perec (1936-1982) is considered to be one of the most important French writer's of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel Life A User's Manual, and the remarkable lipogram A Void - a 300 page story written without using the letter E.
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