num_pages: 224
description: "Things: A Story of the Sixties" is the story of a young couple who want to enjoy life, but the only way they know how to do so is through ownership of 'things'. Perec's first novel won the Prix Renaudot and became the cult book for a generation. In "A Man Asleep", a young student embarks upon a disturbing and exhaustive pursuit of indifference, following his experience in non-existence with relentless logic.
language: English
title: Things: A Story of the Sixties / A Man Asleep
titlecomplete: Things: A Story of the Sixties / A Man Asleep
genres: Fiction, France, Short Stories, French Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1464
publisher: Collins Harvill