Portrait of a Man Known as Il Condottiere

by Georges Perec

Book Overview

Puckish and playful, Georges Perec infused avant-garde and experimental fiction with a wit and wonder that belied the serious concerns and concepts that underpinned it. A prominent member of the OuLiPo, and an abiding influence on fiction writers today, Perec used formal constraints to dazzling effect in such works as A Void--a murder mystery that contains nary an "e"--and Life A User's Manual, in which an apartment building, systematically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022638022X
• ISBN13: 9780226380223
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"