Two by Perec
Light reading (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The first image is from Portrait(s) de Georges Perec ; the second is from Ian Monk's translation of "The Exeter Text" in Three by Perec .
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Thought for the day (not necessarily part of a series)
Charles Lambert (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Today's thought comes from the collection of Georges Perec's occasional writings, Species of Spaces and Other Pieces (beautifully translated by John Sturrock). It's part three of a short piece called The Countryside. Nostalgic (and false) alternative To put down roots, to rediscover or fashion your roots, to carve the place that will be yours out of space, and build, plant, appropriate,...
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"The same goes for the bed"
Light reading (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
From Georges Perec, Species of Spaces and Other Pieces (translated by John Sturrock): We generally utilize the page in the larger of its two dimensions. The same goes for the bed. The bed (or, if you prefer, the page) is a rectangular space, longer than it is wide, in which, or on which, we normally lie longways. 'Italian' beds are only to be found in fairy tales (Tom Thumb and his brothers,...
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Comments for edroso - HaloScan.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The French have done pretty well by Thompson. There's also a good Alain Corneau adaptation of A Hell of a Woman called Série noire; Georges Perec, of all people, wrote the dialogue.