George Perec: A Life in Words - Couverture rigide

Bellos, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0002720221 ISBN 13 : 9780002720229

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

David Bellos is Professor of French and Comparative Literature and Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University. He is well known for his many translations and for his biographies Georges Perec: A Life in Words and Jacques Tati. David Bellos was awarded the first Man Booker International Translator's Prize in 2005 for his translations of Ismail Kadare's novels.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Biography of the maverick among France's 20th century writers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0002720221
• ISBN 13: 9780002720229
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 832
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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