53 Days

Georges Perec

53 Days
Format
Paperback
Publisher
David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Country
United States
Published
8 September 2015
Pages
272
ISBN
9781567925456

53 Days

Georges Perec

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.

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