W or the testimony of the childhood

Authors

  • Jacques Fux Harvard University/Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Massachusetts/Campinas – Estados Unidos da América/Brasil

Keywords:

Testimony, Childhood, Georges Perec

Abstract

 

This article discusses a special testimony given by Georges Perec in his book W or the memory of childhood. When he lost his parents in the Shoah, Perec was too small to have a complete understanding of the events, but he wasn’t so young as to stay completely alienated while the events were taking place. Thereby, to face his childhood trauma, Perec composed a work with full of enigmas, restrictions, games, puzzles and fiction that could be read in a testimonial way.

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Fux, J. (2013). W or the testimony of the childhood. Letras De Hoje, 48(4), 459–466. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fale/article/view/15439

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 4 (2013): A Escrita Auto/Biográfica

Section

Autobiografia e fronteiras de leitura

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