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W or The Memory of Childhood (Paperback)
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Short Description for W or The Memory of ChildhoodTells two parallel tales, in two parts - one is a story created in childhood and about childhood; and the other story is about two people called Gaspard Winckler: one an eight-year-old deaf-mute lost in a shipwreck, the other a man despatched to search for him, who discovers W, an island state based on the rules of sport.
Full description- Publisher: Vintage Classics
- Published: 03 March 2011
- Format: Paperback 176 pages
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- Categories: Classics
- ISBN 13: 9780099552352 ISBN 10: 0099552353
- Sales rank: 71,092
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Full description for W or The Memory of Childhood
Written in alternating chapters, "W or the Memory of Childhood" tells two parallel tales, in two parts. One is a story created in childhood and about childhood. The other story is about two people called Gaspard Winckler: one an eight-year-old deaf-mute lost in a shipwreck, the other a man despatched to search for him, who discovers W, an island state based on the rules of sport. As the two tales move in and out of focus, the disturbing truth about the island of W reveals itself. Perec combines fiction and autobiography in unprecedented ways, allowing no easy escape from these stories, or from history.
