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Georges Perec - An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris - 9780984115525 - V9780984115525
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An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris

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"Take it with you to any cafe in any city, and Perec will be both your drinking partner and your tour guide, drawing your attention to each little detail coming and going.” –Ian Klaus, CityLab One overcast weekend in October 1974, Georges Perec set out in quest of the "infraordinary": the humdrum, the non-event, the everyday--"what happens," as he put it, "when nothing happens." His choice of locale was Place Saint-Sulpice, where, ensconced behind first one café window, then another, he spent three days recording everything to pass through his field of vision: the people walking by; the buses ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Wakefield Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780984115525
SKU
V9780984115525
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

Reviews for An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
We’re shoulder to shoulder with many universes; countless lives, hopes, dreams and fears as complicated as our own, all clustered in the same crowded shops, train cars and sidewalks. Why ignore all that?
Anna Kodé
The New York Times: Magazine
Take it with you to any cafe in any city, and Perec will be both your drinking ... Read more

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