Life, a User's Manual

Life, a User's Manual
ISBN-10
0879237511
ISBN-13
9780879237516
Category
Apartment houses
Pages
581
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
David R. Godine Publisher
Author
Georges Perec

Description

Represents an exploration of the relationship between imagination and reality as seen through the eyes of the dying Serge Valene, an inhabitant of a large Parisian apartment block.

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