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 morepartner and your tour guide, drawing your attention to each little detail coming and going.
Ian Klaus
CityLab
An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris is about the kinds of ordinary occurrences that make up the experience of sitting in a café. Much of the book reads like a list. It is a kind of inventory: an attempt to catalogue, to exhaust, a place.
Susan Harlan
Literary Hub
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