In the book “The Review of Contemporary Fiction: Georges Perec Issue” (O’Brien, J. (ed.) (2009) The Review of Contemporary Fiction; Georges Perec Issue. end.: Dalkey Archive Press. ), there is an interview in English of Perec by Kaye Mortley called the Doing of Fiction (pp. 94-111). on p.99 he says, ” … I am, I… Continue reading Ageing, Perec and Time
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Extraction of the Fraction
I wanted to try some erasure/extraction poetry, using pages from my MSc thesis from the 70s as the source material and maybe use some gel plate techniques to add some interest. One of the first pages I chose (p. 90), gave me the line “Extraction of the Fraction”, an omen for this kind of work?… Continue reading Extraction of the Fraction
Another train journey, another Perec book
Last Saturday I was going to Belfast again ( for a Grainne Duffy band gig) and had another Perec book with me. It was another enlightening read, since there were transcripts of a couple of interviews with Perec, an introduction by his collaborator, Harry Matthews, his main translator, David Bellos and several other interesting articles.… Continue reading Another train journey, another Perec book