Author : Jules Chametzky
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393048094
A collection of Jewish-American literature written by various authors between 1656 and 1990.
Author : Georges Perec
Publisher : Gallic Books
Page : pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 2020-05-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781910477854
'Perec is serious fun' The Guardian Both an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring memoir, Georges Perec's I Remember is now available in English to UK readers for the first time, with an introduction by David Bellos. In 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with 'I remember', Perec records a stream of individual memories of a childhood in post-war France, while posing wider questions about memory and nostalgia. As playful and puzzling as the best of his novels, I Remember is an ode to life: the ordinary, the extraordinary, and the sometimes trivial, as seen through the eyes of the irreplaceable Georges Perec.
Author : Jeff Goode
Publisher : Baker's Plays
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 1997-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780874400519
Author : Georges Perec
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 178478656X
Darkly funny account of the office worker’s mindset by the celebrated French novelist A long-suffering employee in a big corporation has summoned up the courage to ask for a raise. But as he runs through the looming encounter in his mind, his neuroses come to the surface: What is the best day to see the boss? What if he doesn’t offer you a seat when you go into his office? The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise is a hilarious account of an employee losing his identity—and possibly his sanity—as he tries to put on the most acceptable face for the corporate world,with its rigid hierarchies and hostility to new ideas. If he follows a certain course of action, so this logic goes, he will succeed—but, in accepting these conditions, are his attempts to challenge his world of work doomed from the outset? Neurotic and pessimistic, yet endearing, comic and never less than entertaining, Perec’s Woody Allen-esque underling presents an acute and penetrating vision of the world of office work, as pertinent today as it was when it was written in 1968.
Author : Ernest Vincent Wright
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 22,86 MB
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Gadsby is a novel by Ernest Vincent Wright. A fading fictitious city known as Branton Hills is rejuvenated due to the efforts of central character John Gadsby and a youth organizer. A humorous read!
Author : Raymond Queneau
Publisher : Sun and Moon Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 37,13 MB
Release : 1998
Category : French fiction
ISBN :
A portrait of French society in the first half of the century. The protagonists are the family of a man who made a fortune from wireless radio and the novel follows their intrigues, which are of great interest to their employees.
Author : Raymond Roussel
Publisher : Calder Publications
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780714548586
The first of Roussel's two major prose works, Impressions of Africa is not, as the title may suggest, a conventional travel account, but an adventure story put together in a highly individual fashion and with an unusual time sequence, whereby the reader is even made to choose whether to begin with the first or the tenth chapter. A veritable literary melting pot, Roussel's groundbreaking text makes ample use of wordplay and the surrealist techniques of automatic writing and private allusion.
Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Headline
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755395859
The fate of a king is not always glorious... The dramatic events of Edward II's death are told with masterful skill by acclaimed writer, Paul Doherty, in The Death of a King. Perfect for fans of Michael Jecks and Ellis Peters. England's Edward II so angered his wife, her lover, and his subjects that they revolted, deposed him, and made him prisoner. History records that Edward II was eventually murdered in Berkeley Castle and buried publicly in Gloucester cathedral. But was he? The heir, Edward III, charges Chancery Clerk Edmund Beche with uncovering the truth of the matter. Beche's investigation is torturous, blocked by hidden records, outright lies, unexpected confessions, double crosses, and a high body count. Grave digging, burglary, and soldiering at the bloody battle of Crécy await him. But Edward is a most determined man... What readers are saying about Paul Doherty: 'Doherty writes well and paints a very believable picture' 'Mr. Doherty's research is only topped by his imagination' 'The intrigue! The intrigue! What can I say? Read it... NOW!'
Author : Georges Perec
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Essays
ISBN : 9781907903007
Perec was a leading exponent of French literary surrealism who found humour - and pathos - in the human need for classification. Thoughts of Sorts is itself unclassifiable, a unique collection of philosophical riffs on his obsession with lists, puzzles, catalogues, and taxonomies. Introduced by Margaret Drabble.
Author : Naomi Aldort
Publisher : Book Pub Network
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1887542329
[This title] operates on the radical premise that neither child nor parent must dominate. -- Review.
