La vie mode d'emploi
Life: A User's Manual
Book • 1978
La vie mode d'emploi is Georges Perec's most famous novel, published in 1978.
The book is a tapestry of interwoven stories and ideas, including literary and historical allusions, based on the lives of the inhabitants of a fictitious Parisian apartment block.
The narrative is structured according to a complex plan of writing constraints, moving through the apartments like a knight in a chess game.
The central story revolves around Bartlebooth, an Englishman who devises a plan to paint watercolors of different ports around the world, which are then turned into jigsaw puzzles.
The novel also explores the final project of the painter Serge Valène, who aims to paint the entire apartment block.
Failure is a recurring theme in many of the stories, and the book is known for its rich narrative and complex construction.
The book is a tapestry of interwoven stories and ideas, including literary and historical allusions, based on the lives of the inhabitants of a fictitious Parisian apartment block.
The narrative is structured according to a complex plan of writing constraints, moving through the apartments like a knight in a chess game.
The central story revolves around Bartlebooth, an Englishman who devises a plan to paint watercolors of different ports around the world, which are then turned into jigsaw puzzles.
The novel also explores the final project of the painter Serge Valène, who aims to paint the entire apartment block.
Failure is a recurring theme in many of the stories, and the book is known for its rich narrative and complex construction.
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Mentionné par l'animateur comme l'auteur des choses et de la vie et mode d'emploi.
Jean-Paul Enthoven, éditeur et écrivain
Mentionné par Eric Libiot dans sa chronique sur les puzzles et la vie.
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