Georges Perec was a French writer known for his experimental writing style and use of word play. One of his most famous works is "La Disparition," a novel written entirely without using the letter "e." Perec's writing often explored themes of memory, identity, and language.
Space is a doubt: I have constantly to mark it, to designate it. It’s never mine, never given to me, I have to conquer it.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
Life is too short to be small.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
Memories are like coins in the devil’s purse: when you open it you find only dead leaves.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
To live is to pass from one space to another, while doing your very best not to bump yourself.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
We think we’re escaping and we run into ourselves. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
I set out to trap the world and all I trapped were moments.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
Nothing is slower than the true birth of a man.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
The puzzle is that there is no puzzle: the problem is that there is no problem.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi
A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.
Georges Perec – La Vie Mode d’Emploi