Georges Perec and the Oulipo: Winter Journeys

Hardback

346 pages

Atlas Press

ISBN: 9781900565646

Texts by Michèle Audin, Marcel Bénabou, Jacques Bens, François Caradec, Frédéric Forte, Paul Fournel, Mikhaïl Gorliouk, Michelle Grangaud, Reine Haugure, Jacques Jouet, Étienne Lécroart, Hervé Le Tellier, Daniel Levin Becker, Harry Mathews, Ian Monk, Georges Perec, Jacques Roubaud, Hugo Vernier, translated by Harry Mathews, Ian Monk and John Sturrock.

In 1979, Georges Perec wrote a brief entertainment for a publisher’s catalogue, and “The Winter Journey” quickly became his most frequently reprinted short story. Set on the eve of the Second World War, it recounts the discovery of a great literary masterpiece that conceals a scandalous secret at the heart of modern French literature. Every aspect of literary history will have to be rewritten in consequence. However, the War intervenes, and the work is lost forever.