Life a User's Manual -- Georges Perec

from jonfaith

Simultaneously so massive and yet so minute, allow a quick consulting of your Anti-Oedipus and then bring this to resolution. This novel brought considerable warmth and a curious attention to matters. Much like black bean hummus. Don't eat this book. Such requires a chuckle as I type.

from jonfaith

Simultaneously so massive and yet so minute, allow a quick consulting of your Anti-Oedipus and then bring this to resolution. This novel brought considerable warmth and a curious attention to matters. Much like black bean hummus. Don't eat this book. Such requires a chuckle as I type.

from gwendolyndawson

Almost perfect structurally, this book is a puzzle to be solved. The interwoven stories of the people in a Parisian apartment complex are compelling in themselves, but the way the stories are pulled together, and the overriding form of the book is masterful. A delightful, if quite difficult, read...

from KristianATJ

"One of the most singular literary personalities in the world, a writer who resembled absolutely no-one else" - Italo Calvino on Georges Perec Taking inspiration from one of my more organised friends, I'm planning on spending at least part of my summer contemplating my dissertation, so as not to ...

from donato

Oh my god, can I give this 6 stars? how about 9? Heck, I'll give it 11. What an amazing book. It's like a Bruegel painting with every character and every character's back-story and every character's mother's back-story (and etc) described, lovingly, wonderfully, fully. It's practically the entire...