Presents Lorine Niedecker's poetry, plays, and creative prose in the sequence of their composition. This book includes an introduction that offers an account of the poet's life and notes that provide detailed textual information.

A biography of Georges Perec, one of France's great 20th-century writers, who drew both on his Jewish cultural heritage and "l'esprit gaulois", with its undercurrent of subtle mockery and non-conformism.

Presents a selection of Georges Perec's non-fictional work.

On a crowded bus at midday, the author observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man appropriates it. In another part of town, the author sees the man being advised by a friend to sew another button on his overcoat. This book retells this tale ninety-nine times in 99 different styles.

Anton Vowl is missing. Ransacking his Paris flat, a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location and, insidiously, a ghost, from Vowl's past starts to cast its malignant shadow.