{"product_id":"w-or-the-memory-of-childhood-paperback","title":"W, or the Memory of Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorges Perec\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Bellos\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eLife A User's Manual\u003c\/i\u003e comes an equally mind-bending novel: an interpretive vision of the Holocaust and a dystopian world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eW or The Memory of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a narrative that reflects a great writer's effort to come to terms with his childhood during the Nazi occupation of France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerec tells two parallel stories. The first is autobiographical, describing his wartime boyhood. The second tale, denser, more disturbing, more horrifying, is the allegorical story of W, a mythical island off Tierra del Fuego governed by the thrall of the Olympic \"ideal,\" where losers are tortured and winners held in temporary idolatry. As the reader soon discovers, W is a place where \"it is more important to be lucky than to be deserving,\" and \"you have to fight to live...no recourse, no mercy, no salvation, not even any hope that time will sort things out.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerec's memory of the Holocaust and vision about its meaning has resulted in an astonishing achievement that stands with the best of his work.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156102643775,"sku":"9781567921588","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/IRoajQQ6hT9781567921588_545eff77-5bb2-46d5-87e8-a9c8684ccb5e.jpg?v=1776969267","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/w-or-the-memory-of-childhood-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}