THINGS
A story of the sixties
Georges Perec
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first of all,
would G L I D E over the
g
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y
fitted carpet
in the narrow,
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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
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g
on a
T H I C K,
black,
grainy
wooden rings
which would
s
l
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d
e
back at the merest touch.
There,
the carpet would give way to
an
almost yellow
woodblock floor,
partly covered by
- three
- faded
- rugs.