In this ingenious book Perec creates an entire microcosm in a Paris apartment block. Serge Valene wants to make an elaborate painting of the building he has made his home for the last sixty years. As he plans his picture, he contemplates the lives of all the people he has ever known there. Chapter by chapter, the narrative moves around the building revealing a marvellously diverse cast of characters in a series of every more unlikely tales, which range from an avenging murderer to an eccentric English millionaire who has devised the ultimate pastime...
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Chapter by chapter, the narrative moves around the building revealing a marvellously diverse cast of characters in a series of every more unlikely tales, which range from an avenging murderer to an eccentric English millionaire who has devised the ultimate pastime...
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A dazzling, crazy-quilt monument to the imagination
'The last major event in the history of the novel' Italo Calvino
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099449256
Publisert
1996-05-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
415 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
36 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter
Oversetter