Things : a story of the sixties -- A man asleep (Record no. 8145)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781567921571
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Perec, Georges
240 00 - UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Things
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Things : a story of the sixties -- A man asleep
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Boston
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. D. Godine
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1990
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 219 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. With the American publication of Life, a User's Manual in 1987, Georges Perec was immediately recognized in the U.S. as one of this century's most innovative writers. Now Godine is pleased to issue two of his most powerful novels in one volume: Things, in an authoritative new translation, and A Man Asleep, making its first English appearance. Both provoked strong reactions when they first appeared in the 1960s; both which speak with disquieting immediacy to the conscience of today's readers. In each tale Perec subtly probes our obsession with society's trappings the seductive mass of things that crams our lives, masquerading as stability and meaning. Jerome and Sylvie, the young, upwardly mobile couple in Things, lust for the good life. "They wanted life's enjoyment, but all around them enjoyment was equated with ownership." Surrounded by Paris's tantalizing exclusive boutiques, they exist in a paralyzing vacuum of frustration, caught between the fantasy of "the film they would have liked to live" and the reality of life's daily mundanities. In direct contrast with Jerome and Sylvie's cravings, the nameless student in A Man Asleep attempts to purify himself entirely of material desires and ambition. He longs "to want nothing. Just to wait, until there is nothing left to wait for. Just to wander, and to sleep." Yearning to exist on neutral ground as "a blessed parenthesis," he discovers that this wish is by its very nature a defeat. Accessible, sobering, and deeply involving, each novel distills Perec's unerring grasp of the human condition as well as displaying his rare comic talent. His generosity of observation is both detached and compassionate.
653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED
Uncontrolled term 1936-1982
-- Simplicity
-- France
-- Social aspects
-- Social life and customs
-- Personal belongings
-- Psychological aspects
-- Nineteen sixties
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     English Fiction Adolescent-Adult GESM Library GESM Library Main Library 04/05/2016 16-12206   EFA PER P821 E0000984 27/12/2024 04/05/2016 Books