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Title: la vie mode d'emploi
Review: This is the second most fascinating novel I've ever read,the best one I've read in twenty years. If you revel incomplexity, this book is for you. Perec prompts intro-spection on many levels. The plot(s) are some of the mostintriguing anywhere. The human condition is probed to thegreatest possible depth.Despite certain minor infelicities, Bellos has done anexcellent job translating, consistently capturing theatmosphere (and there is a lot of atmosphere) of theoriginal. (The title is one of the few translating gaffes.The original French does not convey the image of a computermanuel and the term "user's manuel" was not in generaluse in English until after the novel was written.)Once you've read it you will be on the constant look-outfor others who know Perec.
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