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Georges Perec's Life A User's Manual (1978) | Book Review and Analysis

A reflection on Georges Perec's Life A User's Manual (La Vie mode d'emploi). English translation by David Bellos published by Collins Harvill in 1987. I read the 2003 Vintage edition. As promised in the video, I have included a list of my favorite stories from the novel below. Contents: 00:00 – Bienvenue 00:47 – What is Life? (Genre, premise) 02:07 – Contents 04:12 – Structure: the puzzle as metaphor 06:53 – My approach 07:11 – Plot 09:27 – Setting and mode 15:26 – A total novel 18:05 – Mise en abîme 21:29 – The Borges connection 22:48 – Perec; or, The Art of the Tangent 24:29 – A book and a film 26:12 – Bottom line My favorite stories from the novel (numbers indicate the chapter): – The Tale of the Misunderstood Anthropologist, 25 – The Tale of the Young Marrieds Who Lived with Their In-Laws, 30 – The Tale of Four Young Folk Stuck in the Lift, 38 – The Tale of the Black Boxer Who Never Won a Match, 40 – The Tale of the Woman Who Made the Devil Appears Eighty-Two Times, 65 – The Tale of the Saddler, His Sister and Her Mate, 73 – The Emperor's Messenger's Tale, 78 – The Tale of the Judge and His Wife Who Took Up Thieving, 83 – The Tale of the Three Murdered Hoods, 84 – The Tale of the Two Giants of the Hotel Trade, 87