{"product_id":"a-void","title":"A Void","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize for translation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mind-bending and mysterious comedy from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife A User's Manual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Void\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a great linguistic adventure and a metaphysical whodunit, chock-full of plots and subplots, of trails in pursuit of trails, all displaying Georges Perec's virtuosity as a verbal magician. It is also an outrageous verbal stunt: a 300-page novel that never once employs the letter E. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1968, and as France is torn apart by social and political anarchy, the noted eccentric and insomniac Anton Vowl goes missing. Ransacking his Paris flat, his best friends scour his diary for clues to his whereabouts. At first glance these pages reveal nothing but Vowl's penchant for word games, especially for \"lipograms,\" compositions in which the use of a particular letter is suppressed. But as the friends work out Vowl's verbal puzzles, and as they investigate various leads discovered among the entries, they too disappear, one by one by one, and under the most mysterious circumstances . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA book that only Georges Perec could have conceived, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Void\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \"a rollicking story, wildly amusing and easily accessible to all of us who don't mind slipping, sliding and being tripped.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verba Mundi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942238028007,"sku":"9781567928228","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_71bc4265-1db1-49c5-8b14-0dd12f74e269.jpg?v=1775248632","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/a-void","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}