193 - Georges PEREC. *La Disparition*, novel. Paris,

Georges PEREC. *La Disparition*, novel. Paris, Les Lettres nouvelles, 1969. Narrow 12mo, paperback, printed dust jacket. First edition: press copy. “The verbal fireworks are so dazzling that they blind you. It took years to realize that behind these games of slaughter centered on the forbidden letter lies a fable about the genocide of the Jews” (Claude Burgelin, *Album Perec*). Autograph dedication signed on the title page: To Mr. Pierre de Boisdeffre / with respectful regards from / G. Perec A high-ranking civil servant and writer, Pierre de Boisdeffre (1926–2002) pursued a career in diplomacy beginning in 1968; notably, he served as cultural attaché at the French Embassy in Brussels. Insert enclosed. The spine of the dust jacket is uniformly browned.