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Life: A User's Manual | Georges Perec
In this ingenious book Perec creates an entire microcosm in a Paris apartment block. Serge Valene wants to make an elaborate painting of the building he has made his home for the last sixty years. As he plans his picture, he contemplates the lives of all the people he has ever known there. Chapter by chapter, the narrative moves around the building revealing a marvellously diverse cast of characters in a series of every more unlikely tales, which range from an avenging murderer to an eccentric English millionaire who has devised the ultimate pastime...
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Kristelh
Life, a User's Manual | Georges Perec, David Bellos
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
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Liz_M
Life, a User's Manual | Georges Perec, David Bellos
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Since this may be the only time I use exclusively owned books for #BookSpinBingo, I had to borrow @Hooked_on_books layout technique.

Leftcoastzen I‘ve been meaning to read that one for a few decades now 2y
Hooked_on_books It looks great! (I‘ll admit, I have sometimes snuck in a book image that is pasted in if I don‘t have it yet, so it‘s possible to do this without all the physical books! 🤫) 2y
DisneyFan This is awesome! 2y
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Liz_M @Hooked_on_books 😂 Clever! 2y
Liz_M @Leftcoastzen It's size is daunting! Tall as well as thick and no ebook in either of my library systems. 😑 2y
tokorowilliamwallace Looks like a lot of quality picks and interesting subjects there. 2y
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Life by Georges Perec got two editions in russian, and those were nowhere to be found. I fell in love with the author immediately after I read A Void, and now I am finally holding this third edition in my hands! Oh that wonderful feeling 🤩 One of the best birthday presents from my favourite publisher! 💛 Reading time!🥳