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The Art Of Asking Your Boss For A Raise (1968)

by Georges Perec(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1844674193 (ISBN13: 9781844674190)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Verso

review 1: the problem with geniuses that died too young, is that we're forced to confront their lesser works, often doled out questionable packages. alas, I loved this piece, but it belongs in a collection of short works, not on its own. it's interesting having recently read Bernhard's "Correction" where he goes to great pains to punctuate his run-on sentences [and they really still don't work], to encounter Perec's ease of language [kudos to the translator] which allows him to do the same thing way better, without any punctuation. now i fear i've used to much punctuation to make that point.
review 2: so you pick up this book and you either read it or you don't if you don't you're missing out on a really cool experiment that may seem tedious at first but keep with it if ... moreyou keep with it you will come out in the end with a deeper appreciation of the power or language and an empowerment to break the rules if only to learn why the rules are there in the first place and if you read it which you should you may decide you need to take a break every once in a while because all this circumperambulation is getting a little wearisome but then he'll throw in a word or two that makes it all fresh again and you pick the book up again and start just anywhere on the page cuz the lack of punctuation means the beginning can be anywhere but it only ends once and that's kind of nice so you read from just anywhere and you follow this poor man who only wants to earn just a few francs more a year and he circumperambulates which is not in the dictionary but you know exactly just what he's doing don't you and he plans to go in for the attack and he plans and he goes in for the attack and no one is in the office so he plans to go back and he plans and he circumperambulates again and if you read this book which you should you will read it quickly in a very good mood or you will read it slowly but you will still be in a good mood because if you're in a bad mood you likely won't read it but you should. less

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