GEORGE PEREC THREAD: What /lit/ think about him?

He looks like Elijah Wood burned out on acid

>>8496173
I've read Things, his first novel which I didn't really enjoy that much, and The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise our something like that, which was really fun for a while but in the end was just a gimmick.

I know I should read Life: A Users' Manual, his magnum opus, but I dunno...too light, too playful for me. He's enjoyable for a while but I can shake that feeling that it was all just a gimmick, a bunch of tricks to get your attention.

>>8496173
I adore his stuff. It's stuff that's shameless in his tryhard it is, but Perec is just able to pull through because he's 1. a genuine intellectual and 2. hell of a funny/emotive writer.

Even better than Perec is the guy that translated La Disparition because man that guy deserves all the awards

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Nigga salty af.

A Man Asleep is interesting.

A Story of the 60s is ok.

>>8496202
You'll probably like Life: A User's Manual even MORE, then, because it partly involves the concept of an artist grappling with the idea that his works cam be reduced to gimmicks

I enjoyed the film The Man Who Sleeps, which was based on his novel and adapted for the screen by him. Haven't read anything by him, though.

>>8496177
>can't unsee

>>8496173
I really wish more people on /lit/ read anything by him

A Man Asleep, A Void, and Art of Askimg Your Boss for a Raise are all enjoyable, but left no real impact eith me.

L:AUM is fantastic.

Low on the Oulipian totem pole, but LAUM is really great.

>>8496177
looks like elijah wood and woody harrelson had a butt baby

Lucky to have lived in a society that allowed autists to develop their powers and become writers and shit.

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>>8496173
it's puzzcore gamelit