Portrait Of A Man
Gaspard Winckler, master forger, is trapped in a basement studio on the outskirts of Paris, with his paymaster''s blood on his hands. The motive for this murder? A perversion of artistic ambition. After a lifetime lived in the shadows, he has strayed too close to the sun.
Fittingly for such an enigmatic writer, Portrait of a Man is both Perec''s first novel and his last. Frustrated in his efforts ...
Gaspard Winckler, master forger, is trapped in a basement studio on the outskirts of Paris, with his paymaster''s blood on his hands. The motive for this murder? A perversion of artistic ambition. After a lifetime lived in the shadows, he has strayed too close to the sun.
Fittingly for such an enigmatic writer, Portrait of a Man is both Perec''s first novel and his last. Frustrated in his efforts ...
