George Perec - A Life In Words
Bellos, David
ISBN 10: 0002720221 ISBN 13: 9780002720229
Verlag: Harvill, 1993
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Hardcover
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Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Beschreibung:
Cloth, dj, F/VG+. xxx+802pp, 32pp b/w plates showing 49 images, 42 b/w text illustrations & maps, index, a fine copy in a slightly edge bumped dustjacket. A biography of Georges Perec [ 1936 - 1982 ] the French novelist, who was a member of the Oulipo group. Many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play. 1525 grams. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 63333
Inhaltsangabe:
George Perec is the author of "Life A User's Manual". This aims to provide a comprehensive biography including a full survey of Perec's varied oeuvre, portraying an anguished, comical and ordinary man. The story begins in Eastern Europe before World War I and reaches its penultimate chapter in Australia, where Perec began drafting his last work, the thriller, "53 Days". The pearl trade, the occupation of France, the shoah, the rise and fall of the intellectual post-war France, art history, forgery, travels to Yugoslavia, Tunisia, Italy and Scotland, the Algerian War, neurophysiology, the book business and the radio, television and cinema industries provide the varied backdrops to a life rooted in historical change.
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Titel: George Perec - A Life In Words
Verlag: Harvill
Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
Auflage: 1st edition.