Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books

<b>A slim volume featuring Georges Perec's writings on the simple task of arranging books and what it can reveal about life</b> <p/>One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay puzzles taxonomies and seeing the extraordinary in the everyday. In these virtuoso writings about books and language he discusses different ways of reading a list of the things he really must do before he dies and the power of words to overcome the chaos of the world. <p/>Throughout history some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution. They have enlightened outraged provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and upended them. Now Penguin brings you a new set of the acclaimed Great Ideas a curated library of selections from the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.