by Georges Perec · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253023906
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Life A User's Manual is a novel by French writer Georges Perec, published in 1978. The novel describes the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment building in Paris. Each chapter focuses on a different inhabitant and tells their story. The novel is written in an experimental style and uses a variety of literary techniques, such as the lipogram and the palindrome. It is considered one of the most important works of 20th century French literature.
Georges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holocaust. Many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play.
