{"product_id":"perec-georges-life-a-user-s-manual","title":"PEREC, Georges. Life: A User’s Manual.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePEREC, Georges.\u003c\/strong\u003e Life: A User’s Manual. \u003ci\u003eLondon: Collins Harvill\u003c\/i\u003e. 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered and blocked in gilt, in dust-jacket; pp. xviii, 581 [1]; corners bumped, jacket with light wear to extremities and spine a little faded, faint spotting to edges of text-block; light marks to endpapers, else a very good, clean copy; previous owner’s signature in black ink to front free endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition in English of Perec’s best-known work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife: A User’s Manual\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLa Vie mode d’emploi\u003c\/i\u003e) was first published in France in 1978 and translated into English by David Bellos in 1987. On its title page, the work is described as ‘fictions’ rather than ‘fiction’, a subtle indication of the multiplicity of narratives that unfold throughout the text. Though frequently cited as a landmark of postmodern fiction, Perec resisted such labels; his principal literary allegiance was to Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle), the group of writers and mathematicians dedicated to exploring the creative possibilities of formal constraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a fictional Parisian apartment building at 11 rue Simon-Crubellier, \u003ci\u003eLife: A User’s Manual\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves dozens of stories, characters, puzzles, and literary and historical references into an intricate narrative mosaic. The novel was constructed according to an elaborate system of constraints, most famously based on the movements of a knight across a chessboard, exemplifying Perec’s remarkable ability to combine formal ingenuity with narrative richness. It was awarded the Prix Médicis in 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2125444\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63840007487865,"sku":"2125444","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2125444.jpg?v=1783345879","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/perec-georges-life-a-user-s-manual","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}