George Perec - A Life In Words

Bellos, David

ISBN 10: 0002720221 / ISBN 13: 9780002720229

Edité par Harvill, 1993

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. N° de réf. du vendeur 63333

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.

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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : George Perec - A Life In Words
Éditeur : Harvill
Date d'édition : 1993
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette
Edition : 1st edition.