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(digressions:) the pith & puzzles — [life a user’s manual by georges perec] The pith of the story happens “On the Stairs”… the pith is the real heart, I think. I say ‘pith’ to mean the kind of scrap on an orange, lemon, or the many other various and related citrus fruits. The white, damp, styrofoam-y, […] Continue reading →

Jasmine (Living Room, 1)—[life a user’s manual by georges perec] I think that I am reading a puzzle. Georges Perec’s book Life a User’s Manual is about a Paris apartment building and the people who live or have lived in its flats. Supposedly it is set against one exact moment in time — 8:00pm on June […] Continue reading →