A Void

Critics

• Book cover: A Void

  A Void, by Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair, Vintage 2008, Cover by Jo Walker A Void, which originally saw publication in 1969, is lipogrammatic. That is, its author was working with a particular linguistic constraint: opting to forgo inclu ... (read full critics)

  ft published on Mon, 15 Nov 2010

• E-less in Gaza

  We hear a lot about floating signifiers and how they bob anchorless around on the deep waters of meaning; we hear too little about sinking signifiers, or language items that have stopped bobbing and been sent silently to the bottom, if not for the du ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

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  Impressive effort but feels a bit contrived

  I'm not sure how I feel about this book.
  Yes, the author - and the translator - managed to write 280 pages without using the letter "e". That's impressive for sure. And I found the narration quite catchy, even though a bit difficult at some points (but that's also because English is not my native l ... (continue)

  I'm not sure how I feel about this book.
  Yes, the author - and the translator - managed to write 280 pages without using the letter "e". That's impressive for sure. And I found the narration quite catchy, even though a bit difficult at some points (but that's also because English is not my native language). At the same time, I found the whole story quite 'artificial' and contrived... I wonder if it's not because of that self-imposed rule that the author decided to follow.

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• translation gilbert adair

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• English Books
• Paperback 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0099512165
• ISBN-13: 9780099512165
• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Pub date: Jan 03, 2008
• Dimensions: 1252 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover

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