Life a User’s Manual is Georges Perec’s most famous novel, published in 1978. Some critics have cited the work as an example of postmodern fiction and it is a tapestry of interwoven stories and ideas as well as literary and historical allusions, based on the lives of the inhabitants of a fictitious Parisian apartment block, 11 Rue Simon-Crubellier. It was written according to a complex plan of writing constraints, and is primarily constructed from several elements, each adding a layer of complexity.
