W or the Memory of a Childhood

W or the Memory of a Childhood

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Publisher's Synopsis

Written in alternating chapters, W or the Memory of Childhood, tells two parallel tales, in two parts. One is a story created in childhood and about childhood. The other story is about two people called Gaspard Winckler: one an eight-year-old deaf-mute lost in a shipwreck, the other a man despatched to search for him, who discovers W, an island state based on the rules of sport. As the two tales move in and out of focus, the disturbing truth about the island of W reveals itself.

Perec combines fiction and autobiography in unprecedented ways, allowing no easy escape from these stories, or from history.

Book information

ISBN: 9780099552352
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Pub date:
Edition: Reprint
DEWEY: 843.914
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 176
Weight: 132g
Height: 200mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 12mm