Three by Perec / Georges Perec ; translated from the French by Ian Monk ; introduction by David Bellos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perec, Georges, 1936-1982.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Monk, Ian.

Series:

Verba Mundi

A Verba Mundi Book

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections. English

Language:

English

French

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

187 pages ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

3 by Perec

Place of Publication:

Javrey, N.H. : D.R. Godine, 2004.

Summary:

Perec has rightfully assumed his position in the pantheon of truly original writers of the past century. Godine has issued all but one is his books in this country, including his masterpiece Life A User's Manual. Here, in one volume, are three "easy pieces" by the master of the verbal firecracker and Gallic wit. The novella "The Exeter Text" contains all those E's that were omitted from A Void (Perec hated waste) and no other vowel (honest). In "Which Moped with Chrome-Plated Handlebars at the Back of the Yard?" we are introduced to Sergeant Henri Pollak and his vehicle (the aforementioned moped) that carried him between Vincennes and Montparnasse; in "A Gallery Portrait," the sensation of the 1913 exhibition in Pittsburgh depicts the artists' patron, beer baron Hermann Raffke, sitting in front of his huge art collection, which includes (of course) "A Gallery Portrait" of the baron sitting before "A Gallery Portrait," etc.

Contents:

Which moped with chrome-plated handlebars at the back of the yard?

The Exeter text: jewels, secrets, sex

A gallery portrait.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Perec, Georges, 1936-1982. Quel petit vélo à guidon chromé au fond de la cour? English

Perec, Georges, 1936-1982. Revenentes. English

Perec, Georges, 1936-1982. Cabinet d'amateur. English

ISBN:

1567922546

OCLC:

54775372