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La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams by [Perec, Georges]

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by Georges Perec (Author), Daniel Levin Becker (Translator)

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The beguiling, never-before-translated dream diary of Georges Perec

In La Boutique Obscure Perec once again revolutionized literary form, creating the world’s first “nocturnal autobiography.” From 1968 until 1972—the period when he wrote his most well-known works—the beloved French stylist recorded his dreams. But as you might expect, his approach was far from orthodox.

Avoiding the hazy psychoanalysis of most dream journals, he challenged himself to translate his visions and subconscious churnings directly into prose. In laying down the nonsensical leaps of the imagination, he finds new ways to express the texture and ambiguity of dreams—those qualities that prove so elusive.

Beyond capturing a universal experience for the first time and being a fine document of literary invention, La Boutique Obscure contains the seeds of some of Perec’s most famous books. It is also an intimate portrait of one of the great innovators of modern literature.

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File Size: 3295 KB
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Publisher: Melville House (February 19, 2013)
Publication Date: February 19, 2013
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Language: English
ASIN: B00ATLMY0Y
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Much of a muchness

April 4, 2013

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As one who's read and thoroughly enjoyed virtually all Perec's published work, this collection of dream notes is genuinely disappointing.

Nothing in this collection seems particularly 'Perecian' or unique beyond his sheer discipline of documenting dream content.

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June 14, 2013

Format: Paperback

The best and greatest dream book is Michel Leiris' "Nights as Day Days as Night." Actually one of my favorite all-time books and for god's sake it's a dream journal. But Leiris maybe a more twisted character than Perec, and not as conceptual. So "la boutique obscure: 124 Dreams" starts in 1968 and ends in 1972, probably the most fruitful of his writing years. I imagine that he started this project with a beginning and an ending -perhaps taking over the role of an actual everyday journal. But i am just guessing here; what we do have is little narratives by Perec, which shows his dream world is very straight forward in a sense. At least one gets the sense that there is a beginning, middle part and then end. Like Godard, not always in that order, but there is a sense of some sort of organization within the Perec dream world. Leiris on the other hand is more sexual (and there is sex in the Perec dream world) and a tad wilder. Also his imagery is more poetic and seductive of sorts. Perec is sort of listing his dreams for maybe a future analysis.

But the best part of the book for me is the end index, where he list categories like "Staircases" and the color "Red" for instance - and he mentions how many times he had a dream with the color red in it and so forth. Which comes to mind on my own writing project, which is not about dreams, but I am writing something that is very systematic, and I realize that some of that came from Perec and his work. So, yeah its interesting but mostly for the writing process than anything else.

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Much to love, for Perec lovers

June 11, 2013

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I found this dream journal to be a wonderful puzzle that dovetailed with so much of Perec's work. I loved seeing the missing "e" of The Void cropping back up in his dreams. And there is so much here that is unstated. Like one thing that really struck me was the opening date of the journal: May 1968-- as profoundly important a date as there could be for someone of Perec's generation. It skews the whole enterprise of the journal. If you are interested in Perec, I would highly recommend this book.

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