Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep by Georges Perec

Things: A Story of the Sixties and a Man Asleep

Georges Perec with David Bellos (Translator), Andrew Leak (Translator)

224 pages first pub 1965 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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Two thematically-related novellas by Georges Perec in one volume. In each, Perec probes our obsession with society's trappings--the seductive mass of things that masquerade as stability and meaning. In Things: A Story of the Sixties, Jerome and S...

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Moods

reflective: 90%

challenging: 31%

dark: 27%

emotional: 22%

sad: 18%

funny: 13%

mysterious: 9%

relaxing: 9%

tense: 9%

adventurous: 4%

informative: 4%

inspiring: 4%


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