Georges Perec
Paperback | Pages: 157 pages Rating: 3.79 | 2786 Users | 199 Reviews
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| Title | : | Les choses |
| Author | : | Georges Perec |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 157 pages |
| Published | : | December 3rd 2002 by Pocket (first published 1965) |
| Categories | : | Cultural. France. Fiction. European Literature. French Literature. Roman |
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L.F: " Les choses " ? C'est un titre qui intrigue, qui alimente les malentendus. Plutôt qu'un livre sur les choses, au fond n'avez-vous pas écrit un livre sur le bonheur ? G. P: C'est qu'il y a, je pense, entre les choses du monde moderne et le bonheur, un rapport obligé. Une certaine richesse de notre civilisation rend un type de bonheur possible : on peut parler, en ce sens, comme d'un bonheur d'0rly, des moquettes profondes, d'une figure actuelle du bonheur qui fait, je crois, que pour être heureux, il faut être absolument moderne. Ceux qui se sont imaginé que je condamnais la société de consommation n'ont vraiment rien compris à mon livre. Mais ce bonheur demeure un possible ; car, dans notre société capitaliste, c'est : choses promises ne sont pas choses dues. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.Identify Books To Les choses
| Original Title: | Les choses |
| ISBN: | 2266131079 (ISBN13: 9782266131070) |
| Edition Language: | French |
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Leur vie était comme une trop longue habitude, comme un ennui presque serein: une vie sans rien. The things we have, the things we say, the things we read, the things we see, the things we hear, the things we lack, the things we desire, the things we throw away, the things we keep Things are markers of identity, more than anything. When Neil MacGregor set out to describe A History of the World in 100 Objects he faced the entirety of humanity in the seemingly endless object collection of theLes chose is a French book that question materials vs. (le Bonheur) Happiness. Georges Perec a well know sociologic and writer. Les chose is his master piece.
I gave up about a third of the way through. It's like an endless first chapter without ever getting properly into the story. There is no speech, direct or reported. It's an interesting experiment, but it fails. The main characters are distant and I never became interested in them. It reads more like the notes a novelist might make about his or her characters before committing them to the manuscript than it reads like an actual novel.
This is a great book. It shifts grammatical tenses to amazing effect, and the idea of the characters being secondary even in the narrative itself to the items they crave was top tier. It's obviously a pretty pointed critique of a certain time in French history, but also serves as a critique of capitalism/consumerism itself (of course made obvious by the Marx quote at the end).
This was a short, easy read, but it was also one of the most uncomfortable books I've ever read. The way Perec uses his characters to point out the problem of style over substance and people not wanting to put in real work for anything is at turns disturbing and seductive, for the way Sylvie and Jérome thinks matches the way I've felt sometimes, even though I know the reality wouldn't really satisfy me. They focus on the outer aspects of their life, and have exhaustive fantasies about how
Read it in one sitting in a sunny afternoon in a Riga park. This book is amazing, gripping and oddly relatable for a twenty-something freelancer/ hipster like I was that afternoon. Makes me want to read more of the author and makes me wanna change my life. Perhaps. Someday. Maybe tomorrow.
I did not like the style or characters or ideology of The Things: A story of the Sixties.There is no dialog at all, and the narrator uses conditional tense which I am not used to. Although Perec does describe items and scenes very well.The things a story of the sixties is about a guy and a gal Jerome and Sylvie, who start a life together in France and decide that what they wear/eat/own/friends/jobs/magazines/books/art/vacations/apartment, all give meaning to their selves and their happiness. I
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