A Void by Georges Perec
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A Void by Georges Perec (1995, Hardcover) 
A Void by Georges Perec (1995, Hardcover)
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0002711192
ISBN-13: 9780002711197
Product ID: EPID1595569
Description: In Perec's extraordinary tour de force--written entirely without the use of the letter "e"--a group of people die or are otherwise eliminated as a result of their inability to "name the unnameable," i.e. to use the letter "e." This novel...
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Synopsis
In Perec's extraordinary tour de force--written entirely without the use of the letter "e"--a group of people die or are otherwise eliminated as a result of their inability to "name the unnameable," i.e. to use the letter "e." This novel is a classic text of the Oulipo, the French literary movement that produces works of art using formal restraints.

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Publication Date:1995-01-01

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Height:9.0 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:18.4 oz

Publisher's Note
Insomniac Anton Vowl is missing from his Paris rooms, and his companions look for information in his diary, in a work using no "e"

Industry Reviews
"Translator Adair has pulled off something of a Pierre Menard here, rendering the exact same book--the same vowel missing--only different."
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