I Remember

The inimitable Georges Perec weaves together memories of a childhood in post-war France, while posing wider questions about memory and nostalgia.'Perec is serious fun'The GuardianBoth an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring memoir, Georges Perec's I Remember is now available in English to UK readers for the first time, with an introduction by David Bellos.In 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with I remember, Perec records a stream of individual memories of a childhood in post-war France, while posing wider questions about memory and nostalgia.As playful and puzzling as the best of his novels,I Remember is an ode to life: the ordinary, the extraordinary, and the sometimes trivial, as seen through the eyes of the irreplaceable Georges Perec.