Over twenty years ago, Godine published the first English translation of Georges Perec's masterpiece, Life A User's Manual, hailed by the Times Literary Supplement, Boston Globe, and others as one of the great novels of the century. We are now proud to announce a newly revised twentieth anniversary
Life: A User's Manual
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Year
- 2012
- Category
- Fiction
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