Things: A Story of the Sixties is the story of a young couple who want to enjoy life, but the only way they know how to do so is through ownership of 'things'. Perec's first novel won the Prix Renaudot & became the cult book for a generation.
In A Man Asleep, a young student embarks upon a disturbing & exhaustive pursuit of indifference, following his experience in non-existence with relentless logic.