《佩雷克研究》采取追踪作家写作进程和剖析其逻辑层递相结合的论述思路，分阶段地讨论法国犹太作家佩雷克一生中最重要、最有代表性的文学作品和其中所蕴含的诗学观念。此外，《佩雷克研究》还力争把作家的人生经历和写作经验放到法国60年代以后的整体文化框架中。这么做的好处，一方面能够向读者介绍作品的基本面貌，另一方面又能够兼及当代法国文学中的一些重要现象。

Over twenty years ago, Godine published the first English translation of Georges Perec's masterpiece, Life A User's Manual, hailed by the Times Literary Supplement, Boston Globe, and others as one of the great novels of the century. We are now proud to announce a newly revised twentieth anniversary edition of Life. Carefully prepared, with many corrections, this edition of Life A User's Manual will be the preferred reference edition for the future. Structured around a single moment in time 8:00 P.M. on June 23, 1975, Perec's spellbinding puzzle begins in an apartment block in the XVIIth arrondissement of Paris where, chapter by chapter, room by room, an extraordinarily rich cast of characters is revealed in a series of tales that are bizarre, unlikely, moving, funny, or (sometimes) quite ordinary.

佩雷克的《物》是法国战后最优秀的”社会学”小说之一。1965年一经出版，便获得了当年的雷诺文学奖。这本书是对物质时代与消费的早期纪事，在描写60年代法国物质奢华的同时也对这一现实对人的影响进行了反思。作者对主人公与大众对于革命参与的对照也表现了当时人心的矛盾心理。