Life: a User's Manual
French novelist, 1936–1982.
Life: a User's Manual is a 1978 novel by Georges Perec, translated from French.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Georges Perec
- First published
- 1978
- Length
- 608 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from French
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Postmodern, Class and society
Is Life: a User's Manual worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 books of the century (Le Monde) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 43 | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 29 | See the list |
Best edition of Life: a User's Manual
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (1996), 608 pages, translated by David Bellos.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 1996)
- Pages
- 608
- Translator
- David Bellos
- ISBN
- 9780099449256
How critics and readers rate Life: a User's Manual
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 38% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work