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La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams

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La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams

The beguiling, never-before-translated dream diary of Georges Perec

InÂ La Boutique ObscureÂ Perec once again revolutionized literary form, creating the worldâ€™s first â€œnocturnal autobiography.â€ From 1968 until 1972â€”the period when he wrote his most well-known worksâ€”the beloved French stylist recorded his dreams. But as you might expect, his approach was far from orthodox.

Avoiding the hazy psychoanalysis of most dream journals, he challenged himself to translate his visions and subconscious churnings directly into prose. In laying down the nonsensical leaps of the imagination, he finds new waysÂ to express the texture and ambiguity of dreamsâ€”those qualities that prove so elusive.

Beyond capturing a universal experience for the first time and being a fine document of literary invention,Â La Boutique ObscureÂ contains the seeds of some of Perecâ€™s most famous books. It is also an intimate portrait of one of the great innovators of modern literature.
Country USA
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-02-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781612191751

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