Life: A User's Manual by David Bellos, Georges Perec

Life: A User's Manual

David Bellos, Georges Perec

581 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction classics challenging mysterious medium-paced
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Life: A User's Manual by David Bellos, Georges Perec is a captivating read for the curious and adventurous reader who is drawn to complex, captivating stories that explore the intricacies of human experience, the search for meaning, and the mysteries of life and death.

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Life: A User's Manual is an unclassified masterpiece, a sprawling compendium as encyclopedic as Dante's Commedia and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and, in its break with tradition, as inspiring as Joyce's Ulysses. Perec's spellbinding puzzle begins i...

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Community Reviews

4.12
based on 738 reviews

Moods

challenging: 62%

reflective: 56%

funny: 45%

adventurous: 33%

mysterious: 33%

lighthearted: 27%

emotional: 22%

informative: 20%

inspiring: 16%

relaxing: 14%

sad: 14%

dark: 4%

hopeful: 4%

tense: 2%


Pace

33% of readers chose medium
66% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

39% of readers chose A mix
60% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

20% of readers chose Yes
54% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

54% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
8% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

77% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

32% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
8% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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