Georges Perec and the Oulipo: Winter Journeys (Perec Georges)(Pevná vazba)

Georges Perec and the Oulipo: Winter Journeys (Perec Georges)(Pevná vazba)

In 1979, Georges Perec (1936-1982) wrote a brief entertainment called 'The Winter Journey' for a publisher's catalogue. It quickly became his most frequently reprinted short story. Set on the eve of World War II, it recounts the discovery of a great literary masterpiece that conceals a scandalous

Thoughts of Sorts - Introduced by Margaret Drabble (Perec Georges)(Pevná vazba)

Perec was a leading exponent of French literary surrealism who found humour - and pathos - in the human need for classification. Thoughts of Sorts is itself unclassifiable, a unique collection of philosophical riffs on his obsession with lists, puzzles, catalogues, and taxonomies. Introduced by

Species of Spaces and Other Pieces (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

'One of the most significant literary personalities in the world.'--Italo Calvino Georges Perec, author of the highly acclaimed Life: A User's Manual, was only forty-six when he died in 1982. Despite a tragic childhood, during which his mother was deported to Auschwitz, Perec produced some of the

I Remember (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

'Perec is serious fun' The Guardian Both an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring memoir, Georges Perec's I Remember is now available in English to UK readers for the first time, with an introduction by David Bellos. In 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with 'I

An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

One overcast weekend in October 1974, Georges Perec set out in quest of the 'infraordinary': the humdrum, the non-event, the everyday--'what happens,' as he put it, 'when nothing happens.' His choice of locale was Place Saint-Sulpice, where, ensconced behind first one cafe window, then another, he

Život návod k použití - Georges Perec

Život návod k použití (1978) je nejen? vrcholným dílem Georgese Pereca, ale i jednou z nejúchvatnějších a při svém záměrném omezení také nejkomplexnějších knih světové literatury 20. století – pro svou šíři, uspořádání, množství informací a odkazu°, humornou

Penguin Book of Oulipo - Queneau, Perec, Calvino and the Adventure of Form(Paperback / softback)

Co je to tam vzadu na dvoře za kolo s chromovanými řídítky? - Georges Perec

Perecova novela Co je to tam vzadu na dvoře za kolo s chromovanými řídítky? (1966) vychází z oulipovské tradice 'potenciální literatury' a na první pohled se vyznačuje rozvernou hravostí, jazykovou komikou i formální vytříbeností. Čtenářovu pozornost neudržuje ani tak

Life - A User's Manual (Perec Georges)(Paperback / softback)

Chapter by chapter, the narrative moves around the building revealing a marvellously diverse cast of characters in a series of every more unlikely tales, which range from an avenging murderer to an eccentric English millionaire who has devised the ultimate

Věci - Georges Perec

Perecův knižní debut Věci (1965) je příběhem mladého páru, jehož vztah ke světu se uskutečňuje prostřednictvím vlastnění, spotřebou, nakupováním a pořizováním uměleckých předmětů, nábytku a pomůcek každodenního života. Jérôme a Sylvie se ocitají ve vleku touhy po

W aneb Vzpomínka z dětství - Georges Perec

Perecův román W aneb Vzpomínka z dětství (1975) kombinuje dva zdánlivě nesouvisející texty: autobiografické vyprávění o životě malého chlapce za nacistické okupace a popis fiktivního ostrova poblíž Ohňové země, ovládaného a řízeného všudypřítomnými zákony sportu

A Parade for George Washington (Adler David A.)(Pevná vazba)

Crowds cheering, trumpets sounding, and cannons firing! Follow along as George Washington journeys from Virginia to his inauguration in New York City. After the Revolutionary War, the newly formed U.S. Congress chose the first president. Every vote was for Washington. So began Washington's

The Papers of George Washington, 15 (Washington George)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 19 of the Revolutionary War Series documents Washington's activities during the winter and early spring of 1779, when the bulk of his army was encamped at Middlebrook, New Jersey, strategically situated where the Watchung Mountains rise from the coastal plain in the middle of the state

W or The Memory of Childhood (Perec Georges)(Paperback / softback)

Written in alternating chapters, W or the Memory of Childhood, tells two parallel tales, in two parts. The other story is about two people called Gaspard Winckler: one an eight-year-old deaf-mute lost in a shipwreck, the other a man despatched to search for him, who discovers W, an island state

Void (Perec Georges)(Paperback / softback)

Ransacking his Paris flat, a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location and, insidiously, a ghost, from Vowl's past starts to cast its malignant

Curious George and the Firefighters (Rey H. A.)(Pevná vazba)

George and the man with the yellow hat take a trip to the firehouse where George finds all sorts of new things to explore. When one curious monkey meets a company of unsuspecting firefighters, a big adventure is sure to

The Princess and the Goblin (MacDonald George)(Pevná vazba)

The Princess and the Goblin is beloved children's classic written by George MacDonald. C. S. Lewis sites Macdonald as one of his inspirations. This gentle story takes us to a simpler time and place where Princess Irene and her best friend Curdie must save the kingdom from a evil Goblin plot. Join

Saint George and the Dragon (Hodges Margaret)(Pevná vazba)

A Caldecott Medal-winning tale of bravery, perseverance, and peace. Saint George and the Dragon retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings joy to the land

The Papers of George Washington, 13: December 1777-February 1778 (Washington George)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 13 of the Revolutionary War Series documents a crucial portion of the winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, when the fate of Washington's army hung in the balance. The volume begins with Washington's soldiers hard at work erecting log huts to the general's specifications and

Let's Play, George! (Sweet Cherry Publishing)(Pevná vazba)

Meet the famous Rainbow friends, Zippy, George and Bungle, in puppet

The Papers of George Washington, 5: January-June 1790 (Washington George)(Pevná vazba)

George Dureau, the Photographs (Dureau George)(Pevná vazba)

George Dureau: The Photographs is an album of the great photographic portraits made throughout the 40 years of Dureau's artistic career--a New Orleans romance between the photographer and his subjects. All of Dureau's exquisite photographs, many of them nudes of black and disabled men, were made in

The Photographer's Cookbook (Hostetler Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

Copublished by Aperture and the George Eastman

Curious George Votes (Rey H. A.)(Pevná vazba)

It's election day at the elementary school, and Curious George gets to join in the vote on the new school mascot It's election day, and Curious George is ready to cast his vote On election day at the elementary school, Curious George and his friend the Man with the Yellow Hat are visiting just