Georges Perec's cool, exacting portrait of a couple torn apart by consumer desire
A young couple build their lives around the objects they long to own. From furniture to clothes to carefully imagined interiors, their desires shape their sense of who they are - and who they might become. Yet satisfaction always seems just out of reach.. Precise and quietly ironic, Things explores the promises of material life - and the emptiness that can follow.
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| ISBN: | 9781529982732 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2026 |
| Author: | Georges Perec |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | Brief Encounters |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Sense of place Narrative theme: Social issues Fiction in translation |
Georges Perec's cool, exacting portrait of a couple torn apart by consumer desireA young couple build their lives around the objects they long to own. From furniture to clothes to carefully imagined interiors, their desires shape their sense of who they are - and who they might become.
Things features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Social issues, Fiction in translation
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Things was written by Georges Perec and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Things has 176 pages
Yes it is part of Brief Encounters series
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.