Georges Perec: A Life in Words

by David Bellos

Book Overview

The first complete biography of Georges Perec, novelist, poet, verbal gamesman, master puzzler -- a man at once eccentric, brilliant, and endearingly ordinary, whom Italo Calvino called "so singular a literary personality that he bears absolutely no resemblance to anyone else."
Perec's novels are widely regarded as modern classics, but his linguistic mastery actually extended to a stunning variety of forms: from autobiography, drama,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879239808
• ISBN13: 9780879239800
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"