Things: A Story of the Sixties [Hardcover]

Georges Perec (Author), A. Leak (Translator), D. Bellos (Translator)

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Publication Date: July 19, 1990

The characters in both these short novels look for different ways to achieve happiness in a society of the sixties dominated by acquisition and ownership. The author won the Prix Renaudot, 1965 for "Things".

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Product Details

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: The Harvill Press (July 19, 1990)
ISBN-10: 0002710382
ISBN-13: 978-0002710381
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,316,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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