A void
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Adair, Gilbert, translator.
Status
Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
Perec
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Perec
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 284 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
UPC
9781567922967
Notes
General Note
"This English translation first published in Great Britain by Harvill, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, in 1994."
Description
"The year is 1968, and as France is torn apart by social and political anarchy, the noted eccentric Anton Vowl goes missing. Ransacking his Paris flat, his best friends scour his diary for clues to his whereabouts. At first glance these pages reveal nothing but Vowl's penchant for word games, especially for compositions in which the use of a particular letter is suppressed. But as the friends work out Vowl's verbal puzzles, and as they investigate various leads discovered among the entries, they too disappear, one by one by one, and under the most mysterious circumstances...A Void is a metaphysical whodunit, a story chock-ful of plots and subplots, of trails in pursuit of trails, all of which afford Perec occasion to display his virtuosity as a verbal magician, acrobat, and sad-eyed clown. It is also an outrageous verbal stunt: a 300-page novel that never once employs the letter 'e'"--provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Perec, G., & Adair, G. (2005). A void . D.R. Godine.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Perec, Georges, 1936-1982 and Gilbert, Adair. 2005. A Void. D.R. Godine.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Perec, Georges, 1936-1982 and Gilbert, Adair. A Void D.R. Godine, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Perec, Georges, and Gilbert Adair. A Void D.R. Godine, 2005.
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