THINGS

A story of the sixties

Georges Perec

YOUR
e
y
e

first of all,

would G L I D E over the
g
r
e
y
fitted carpet

in the narrow,
l
l
l
l
o
o
o
n
n
g
g
g
and HIGH
-ceilinged corridor.

Its walls would be cupboards,
in l i g h t
-coloured wood,
with fittings of GLEAMING brass.

THREE prints,

depicting, respectively,

the Derby winner Thunderbird
a paddle-steamer named Ville-de-Motitereau
and a Stephenson locomotive

would lead to a leather curtain

h
a
n
g
i
n
g

on a

T H I C K,
black,
grainy
wooden rings

which would
s

l

i

d

e

back at the merest touch.

There,

the carpet would give way to

an almost yellow

w
o
o
d
b
l
o
c
k

floor,

partly covered by

three
faded
rugs.