I Remember (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Remember Remember (Cutts Lisa)(Paperback)

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You (Silverman Sue William)(Paperback)

'Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You' destroys our complacency about who among us can commit unspeakable atrocities, who is subjected to them, and who can stop them. From age four to eighteen, Sue William Silverman was repeatedly sexually abused by her father, an influential

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

Šabesový poklad a iné poviedky - Jicchok Lejbuš Perec

úsmevné chasidské príbehy z biednych karpatských mestečiek a dedín. Jicchok Lejbuš Perec (1852 – 1915) je dodnes považovaný za popredného predstaviteľa duchovného života svojej epochy a jeho myšlienky zásadne ovplyvnili vtedy vznikajúce prúdy a hnutia v židovskej Európe

Churchill's Cookbook (Landemare Georgina)(Pevná vazba)

'It is well to remember that the stomach governs the world.'--Winston Churchill 'Mrs. Landemare's food is distinguished. She is an inspired intuitive cook.'--Clementine Churchill Churchill's Cookbook provides fascinating insight into what the legendary prime minister ate during World War II,

Remember Rosie (Sanford Beverly)(Paperback / softback)

Bite to Remember - Book Five (Sands Lynsay)(Paperback / softback)

If you're going to fall in love with a vampire, make sure it's a bite to remember

Dad, Remember You Are Dead (Saphra Jacqueline)(Paperback / softback)

Gunpowder Plot (Cox Cannons Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Remember, remember the fifth of November... Discover how Guy Fawkes and his gang planned to blow up the King and parliamnet, how they were stopped and what happened

Selected Poems: George Crabbe (Crabbe George)(Paperback / softback)

Sermons of George Whitefield (Whitefield George)(Paperback)

'Now in paperback 'Revivalist and preacher George Whitefield was born on December 16, 1714, in Gloucester, England. The youngest of seven children, he was only two when his father died. He eventually finished grammar school and enrolled at Oxford at the age of 17. Those university years became the

The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition (Kaufman Allison B.)(Paperback)

This handbook lays out the science behind how animals think, remember, create, calculate, and remember. It provides concise overviews on major areas of study such as animal communication and language, memory and recall, social cognition, social learning and teaching, numerical and quantitative