Georges Perec, La Boutique Obscure
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"The beguiling, never-before-translated dream diary of Georges Perec …
In
La Boutique Obscure Perec
once again revolutionized literary form, creating the world’s first
“nocturnal autobiography.” From 1968 until 1972 — the period when he
wrote his most well-known works — the beloved French stylist recorded
his dreams. But as you might expect, his approach was far from orthodox.
Avoiding
the hazy psychoanalysis of most dream journals, he challenged himself
to translate his visions and subconscious churnings directly into prose.
In laying down the nonsensical leaps of the imagination, he finds new
ways
to express the texture and ambiguity of dreams — those qualities
that prove
so elusive.
Beyond capturing a universal experience for the first time and being a fine document of literary invention,
La Boutique Obscure contains
the seeds of some of Perec’s most famous books. It is also an intimate
portrait of one of the great innovators of modern literature."
"GEORGES PEREC (1936-1982) was a French novelist,
filmmaker, documentary maker and essayist. In death he remains a member
of Oulipo, the workshop of potential literature. He is most famous for
the novels Life: A User’s Manual and A Void." -Melville House
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