Ellis Island - Softcover

Perec, Georges; Bober, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565843185 ISBN 13: 9781565843189

Publisher: The New Press, 1995

Synopsis

The French novelist Georges Perec has continually captured the American imagination, most recently with the publication of A Void, a novel written without the letter “e.” Ellis Island holds us in thrall once again. With poetic grace, insistent questioning, and a stunning carousel of images, Perec and filmmaker Robert Bober open our eyes to the intriguing blend of permanence and transience that is Ellis Island.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The French novelist Georges Perec, whose Life: A User's Manual has been called a landmark of contemporary literature, has continually captured the American imagination, most recently with the publication of A Void, a novel written without the letter e. Ellis Island holds us in thrall once again. With poetic grace, insistent questioning, and a stunning carousel of images, Perec and filmmaker Robert Bober open our eyes to the intriguing blend of permanence and transience that is Ellis Island. In lyrical prose, they explore their personal relationships to the themes of diaspora and identity, then interview men and women who, as children, arrived at Ellis Island full of hope and dreams about their new lives in America. Ellis Island offers a whole new presentation of the immigrant experience.

About the Author:

Novels by acclaimed French author Georges Perec (1936–1982) include A Void, Life: A User's Manual, W: Or the Memory of Childhood, Things: A Story of the Sixties, A Man Asleep, and 53 Days.

About this edition

• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1565843185
• ISBN 13: 9781565843189
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156