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Georges Perec

Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books

Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books

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Georges Perec was a twentieth-century novelist and essayist known for his original imagination, wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies, and ability to see the extraordinary in the everyday. This new book in the Penguin Great Ideas series showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 24 September 2020
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd


Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies, and seeing the extraordinary in the everyday. In these virtuoso writings about books and language, he discusses different ways of reading, a list of the things he really must do before he dies, and the power of words to overcome the chaos of the world.

One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies, and seeing the extraordinary in the everyday. In these virtuoso writings about books and language, he discusses different ways of reading, a list of the things he really must do before he dies, and the power of words to overcome the chaos of the world.

One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies, and seeing the extraordinary in the everyday. In these virtuoso writings about books and language, he discusses different ways of reading, a list of the things he really must do before he dies, and the power of words to overcome the chaos of the world.

One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies, and seeing the extraordinary in the everyday. In these virtuoso writings about books and language, he discusses different ways of reading, a list of the things he really must do before he dies, and the power of words to overcome the chaos of the world.

Weight: 72g
Dimension: 179 x 110 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241475218

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