Postwar · Novel / experimental writing
Life: A User’s Manual
by Georges Perec. A significant canonical or canon-expanding work by Georges Perec, centered on constraint, memory, everyday life; added in the full 1,200-work edition for its sustained influence, representative importance, or role in revising the traditional canon.
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- Date
- 1978
- Origin
- France
- Era
- Postwar
- Genre
- Novel / experimental writing
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A significant canonical or canon-expanding work by Georges Perec, centered on constraint, memory, everyday life; added in the full 1,200-work edition for its sustained influence, representative importance, or role in revising the traditional canon.
This work is included on the basis of full-canon expansion: traditional, modern, revised, and genre canons. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.