La disparition (L'Imaginaire)

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Perec's first novel Les Choses (published in English as Things: A Story of the Sixties) (1965) was awarded the Prix Renaudot. Perec's most famous novel La Vie mode d'emploi (Life A User's Manual) was published in 1978. It was written according to a complex plan of writing constraints: the 99 chapters of the 600-page novel move like a knight's tour of a chessboard around the room plan of the building, describing the rooms and stairwell and telling the stories of the inhabitants. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Fabric weight: 4. Georges Perec (born George Peretz) (1936 – 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentarist, and essayist, and a prominent member of the Oulipo group. A few reviewers have noted that the daily handling of records and varied data may have had an influence on his literary style. In 1961, Perec began working at the Neurophysiological Research Laboratory in the unit's research library as an archivist, a low-paid position which he retained until 1978.