"53 Days"

Georges Perec

Original title: 53 jours

first published 1989 David R. Godine, 1999 258 pages

Collection folio -- 2547

Georges Perec planned a mystery novel of 28 chapters: he died before completing it. From his notebooks his friends assembled the elements of the unfinished part. The narrator is sent to the French colonies to teach maths - as well as being entrusted with tracking down an arms dealer.

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Editions we hold

"53 Days" edition · 2015 · Godine Publisher, David R. · 9781567925456
53 days edition · 1999 · David R. Godine · 258 pages
53 giorni edition · 1996 · Rizzoli · 269 pages
53 Days paperback · 1992 · The Harvill Press · 320 pages · 9780002711661
53days edition · 1992 · Harvill · 258 pages
"53 jours" edition · 1989 · Gallimard
53 jours edition · 1989 · P.O.L · 333 pages · 9782867441615

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