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The Unifying Structures of George Perec's

Suspende

d

Memoir

s PAU L J

SCHWARTZ

University

of North

Dakota

I n W ou le souvenir d'enfance (1975) 1

George

s Pere c ha s wove n togethe r tw o narratives a n attempte d autobiograph y an d a re-create d childhoo d fantasy int o a ric h literar y tapestr y whic h ha s fascinate d reader s an d earne d th e appreciatio n o f critic s a s a majo r literar y work

Bernar

d

Pingau

d consider s it "l'oeuvr e la plu s énigmatique de Perec, celle aussi où il se livre le plus et qui appelle irrésistiblement l e commentaire." 2

Superficially

th e weavin g i s rathe r a coars e graftin g wit h obviou s seams fo r Pere c ha s merel y alternate d chapter s o f th e tw o narratives Th e odd numbere d chapter s tel l th e story create d whe n Pere c was 13 o f th e fictiona l Gas par d

Winckler

hi s missin g namesake an d hi s fascinatio n wit h a n islan d i n th e Tierra del Fuego called W, where sport is king; the even-numbered chapters rep resen t

Perec'

s attemp t t o piec e togethe r memorie s an d reminder s o f hi s childhood Th e fina l chapte r quote s a t lengt h Davi d

Rousset'

s

L'Univers

concentrationnaire t o bin d togethe r th e autobiograph y an d th e fantasy Fo r th e athleti c hierarch y o n W evolve s throughou t th e nove l int o a "machin e

énorm

e don t chaqu e rouag e parti cipe ... à l'anéantissement systématique des hommes" (p. 218), comparable to the Naz i occupatio n o f Franc e whic h scarre d

Perec'

s childhoo d an d separate d hi m fro m hi s mother Ther e i s a furthe r weavin g whic h take s place however a mor e subtl e creatio n o f intertextua l relationship s whic h unit e th e tw o narratives creatin g a comple x "whole whic h i s greate r tha n th e su m o f it s parts an d whic h ha s inspire d re markably diverse interpretations, as a condemnation of the capitalist system3, as an oedipa l searc h fo r identity, 4 an d a s a n affirmatio n o f Jewis h identit y an d a n allegor y o f PL O fanaticism 5

Perec'

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