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1	Species of Spaces and Other Pieces more books like this by Georges Perec, John Sturrock (Translator) add to wishlist Georges Perec's first essay collection to appear in English, this volume showcases his far-ranging intelligence and delightful humor. Perec writes about the commonplace objects that comprise our daily lives, as well as his childhood in Paris and his experiences in psychoanalysis. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00!
2	Life a user's manual. more books like this by Georges Perec add to wishlist Set in a Paris apartment block, this novel describes in minute detail the lives of the inhabitants and the apartments they inhabit at a specific moment in time. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $13.24! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Void more books like this by Georges Perec, Gilbert Adair add to wishlist In Perec's extraordinary tour de force--written entirely without the use of the letter "e"--a group of people die or are otherwise eliminated as a result of their inability to "name the unnameable," i.e. to use the letter "e." This novel is a classic text of the Oulipo, the French literary movement that produces works of art using formal ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.83! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep more books like this by Georges Perec, David Bellos (Translator), Andrew Leak (Translator) add to wishlist Two trailblazing novels by Georges Perec, Things: Jerome and Sylvie, the young upwardly mobile couple, lust for the good life. They wanted life's enjoyment, but this equated to ownership. A Man Asleep: A nameless student attempts to purify himself entirely of material desires and ambitions. see all copies from $8.50! new only from $21.79!
5	Things a Man Asleep more books like this by Georges Perec, Andrew Leak (Translator), David Bellos (Translator) add to wishlist Perec's first novel, THINGS: A STORY OF THE SIXTIES, is about consumerism and the evils of a materialistic society; A MAN ASLEEP is about indifference to the very things that materialists crave. see all copies from $20.00! first editions
6	W or Memory of Childhood more books like this by Georges Perec, David Bellos (Translator) add to wishlist One of Perec's greatest books, W is about Perec's search into his own lost past as a child whose parents were taken away to the camps, and also about an imaginary island. Told alternately, the two narratives gradually merge and comment upon each other. see all copies from $5.50! new only from $89.04! \| first editions
7	Disparition more books like this by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $16.00! new only from $22.98! \| first editions
8	Ellis Island more books like this by Georges Perec add to wishlist French novelist Georges Perec has continually captured the American imagination, most recently with his novel A Void, a work written completely without a single e. Now, in lyrical prose, Perec explores his personal relationship to themes of diaspora and identity in this moving presentation of the immigrant experience. Photos. see all copies from $11.63! new only from $11.64!
9	W, or, The memory of childhood more books like this by Georges Perec add to wishlist Part adventure tale, part autobiography, this story alternates between two inextricably bound narratives, one a careful reconstruction of a childhood fantasy about a land in thrall to an Olympic ideal, the other a fragmentary tale of a wartime childhood. Georges Perec has written many novels including "Un Cabinet d'amateur", "Un Homme qui dort", ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $16.16! \| first editions \| SVS
10	W, ou, Le souvenir d'enfance by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $19.08! new only from $19.08!
11	Homme Qui Dort more books like this by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $3.51! new only from $9.18! \| first editions
12	Three by Perec: Which Moped with Chrome-Plated Handlebars at the Back of the Yard? more books like this by Georges Perec, Ian Monk (Translator), David Bellos (Introduction by) add to wishlist Perec has rightfully assumed his position in the pantheon of truly original writers of the past century. Godine has issued all but one is his books in this country, including his masterpiece Life A User's Manual. Here, in one volume, are three "easy pieces" by the master of the verbal firecracker and Gallic wit. The novella "The Exeter Text" ... see all copies from $10.69! new only from $10.69! \| SVS
13	Life, a User's Manual: Fictions more books like this by Georges Perec add to wishlist Georges Perec states, "I have imagined a building that has its facade removed so that all its rooms on the street side are visible." In Perec's novel structured around this idea, Percy Bartlebooth has devoted his life to the production of 500 watercolors illustrating his travels throughout the world. Gaspard Winckler is commissioned to make jigsaw ... see all copies from $18.10!
14	La vie, mode d'emploi : romans by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $17.90! new only from $64.69!
15	Les Choses: Une Histoire Des Annees Soixante more books like this by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $11.95! new only from $11.95! \| first editions
16	El Gabinete de Un Aficionado by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $21.62! new only from $21.63!
17	Las Cosas by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $21.44! new only from $21.45!
18	Cantatrix Sopranica L.: Scientific Papers by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $16.39! new only from $16.39!
19	Things : A man asleep / a story of the sixties by Georges Perec add to wishlist The characters in both these short novels look for different ways to achieve happiness in a society of the sixties dominated by acquisition and ownership. The author won the Prix Renaudot, 1965 for "Things". see all copies from $11.20! first editions
20	W or the memory of a childhood : Georges Perec. by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $18.78!
21 view cover	Guillaume Bijl: Installations & Compositions more books like this by Guillaume Bijl (Illustrator), Marc Holthof (Contributions by), Georges Perec (Contributions by) add to wishlist Text by Ludwig Seyfarth, Philippe van Cauteren, Marc Holthof, Georges Perec. see all copies from $53.00! new only from $56.87! \| SVS
22	Quel Petit Velo a Guidon Chrome Au Fond de La Cour by Georges Perec add to wishlist see all copies from $24.99! new only from $24.99!
23 view cover	Three by Perec by Georges Perec, Ian Monk add to wishlist An omnibus edition comprising three novels by Georges Perec (1936-82): A GALLERY PORTRAIT, THE EXETER TEXT and WHICH MOPED WITH CHROME-PLATED HANDLEBARS AT THE BACK OF THE YARD? From the author of LIFE: A USER'S MANUAL, AVOID and ASLEEP. see all copies from $2.40! new only from $37.25!
24	L'oeil ébloui more books like this by Georges Perec, Cuchi White add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! new only from $127.46! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Winter Journey by Georges Perec, John Sturrock (Translator) add to wishlist One of a series of small-format books devoted to short texts. This tells of the discovery, by an academic, of widespread plagiarism in the literary world. Returning from National Service, the academic finds the book missing and embarks on a torturous quest for the missing evidence. see all copies from $76.89!

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