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Overview
Perec has rightfully assumed his position in the pantheon of truly original writers of the past century. Godine has issued all but one of 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 Es 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.Synopsis
Perec has rightfully assumed his position in the pantheon of truly original writers of the past century. Godine has issued all but one of 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 Es 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.