Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books, 9780241475218
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Order from chaos: books, language, and life’s curious arrangements.

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

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    112 pages

  • Release Date

    30 November 2020

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Summary

A Place for Every Book: Musings on Order and Chaos

A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order…

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 befor…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241475218
ISBN-10:024147521X
Series:Penguin Great Ideas
Author:Georges Perec
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:30 November 2020
Weight:72g
Dimensions:181mm x 110mm x 7mm
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About The Author

Georges Perec

Georges Perec was one of the most important post-war French novelists. He was only 42 when he died in 1982. He is the author of LIFE, A USER’S MANUAL. THE WINTER JOURNEY has been published as a Penguin Syren.

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