{"product_id":"i-remember-9781567925173","title":"I Remember","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring pointillist autobiography by Georges Perec, a master of postmodern fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe text of this memoir-through-memories consists of 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with \"I remember\" -- all limited to pieces of public knowledge, brand names and folk wisdom, actors and illnesses, places and things (\"I remember Herm s handbags, with their tiny padlocks\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs playful and puzzling as the best of Perec's novels, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e began as a simple writing exercise, and grew into an expansive, exhilarating work of art: the image of one unmistakable and irreplaceable life, shaped from the material of our collective past. For this edition, Perec's 480 memories, sometimes obvious, sometimes obscure, have been elucidated and explained by critic, translator, and Perec biographer, David Bellos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerec, Georges:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges Perec\u003c\/b\u003e was a French essayist, novelist, memoirist, and filmmaker. Born in Paris in 1936, the child of Polish Jews, his father died as soldier in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holocaust. Much of his work dealt with themes of identity, loss, absence--including his most celebrated work, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife A User's Manual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e In addition to being honored by the \u003ci\u003ePrix Renaudot\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), the \u003ci\u003ePrix Jean Vigo\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), the \u003ci\u003ePrix Médicis\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), and the French postal service (2002), both an asteroid and a street in Paris were named in his honor--as well as a Google Doodle on his 80th birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBellos, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bellos\u003c\/b\u003e won the first Man Booker International Prize for his translations of the Albanian author, Ismail Kadare, and holds the rank of \u003ci\u003eOfficier in the Ordre national des Arts et des Lettres\u003c\/i\u003e and an honorary membership in The International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verba Mundi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473838346514,"sku":"9781567925173","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc12d817-cd39-4932-a557-b3bcd1e0ce4e.jpg?v=1730204392","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-remember-9781567925173","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}