Georges Perec

This selection of non-fictional work from the author of Life, a User's Manual, demonstrates Georges Perec's characteristic lightness of touch, wry humour and accessibility.

Species of Spaces and Other Pieces

John Sturrock

Georges Perec (1936-82), author of the novel Life: A User's Manual, was one of the most surprising and enjoyable of all modern French writers. The pieces in this volume show him to be at times playful, more serious at others, but always with the lightest of touches. He had the keenest of eyes for the "infra-ordinary", the things we do everyday - eating, sleeping, working - and the places we do them in without giving them a moment's thought. But behind the lightness and humour, there is also the sadness of a French Jewish boy who lost his parents in the Second World War and found comfort in the material world around him, and above all in writing. This volume contains a selection of Georges Perec's non-fiction works, along with a charming short story. It includes notes and an introduction describing Perec's life and career.

maitha mana

Perec dissects conditions of being and the space we occupy, which in return, occupies us. From bed, to apartment, to clothes, receipts, observations, suffering, etc. I love the wordplay he has throughout the book, it felt like i was reading his journals with stuck-in receipts and notes.

Species of Spaces and Other Pieces

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