W or The Memory of Childhood

<p>Written in alternating chapters <i>W or the Memory of Childhood</i> tells two parallel tales in two parts. One is a story created in childhood and about childhood. The other story is about two people called Gaspard Winckler: one an eight-year-old deaf-mute lost in a shipwreck the other a man despatched to search for him who discovers W an island state based on the rules of sport. As the two tales move in and out of focus the disturbing truth about the island of W reveals itself. <br><br>Perec combines fiction and autobiography in unprecedented ways allowing no easy escape from these stories or from history.</p>