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53 Days
Contributor(s): Perec, Georges (Author), Mathews, Harry (Editor), Roubaud, Jacques (Editor)
ISBN: 1567925456     ISBN-13: 9781567925456
Publisher: Verba Mundi
OUR PRICE:   $17.06  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General
- Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical
- Fiction | Absurdist
Dewey: 843.914
LCCN: 2016591415
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 272 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

A puzzling mystery and the last, unfinished work by Georges Perec--a writer Italo Calvino called, "One of the most singular literary personalities in the world." The narrator, a teacher in a tropical French colony, is trying to track down the famous crime-writer Robert Serval, who has mysteriously disappeared. Serval has left behind the manuscript of his last, unfinished novel, which may contain clues to his fate.
Before his death, Perec completed 11 of a planned 28 chapters but left extensive drafts and notes for his friends and frequent collaborators, Harry Mathews and Jacques Roubaud. The two assembled the unfinished mystery and, through notes, provide a fascinating view into the author's mind as he fashioned his literary labyrinth of mirror-stories.