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Life A User's Manual by Georges Perec

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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The title, with its insipid New Age flavor, is the worst thing about this bold work of experimental fiction. During the same decade Georges Perec's novel most famous book was released, the bestseller charts were filled with novels masquerading as self- help guides—from Jonathan Livingston Seagull to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. But Life A …

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