“Can I measure the distance travelled? Can I say today that I am what I once wanted to be? I don’t ask myself if the world I live in meets my aspirations, because if the answer is “no”, I still would not have the feeling that I have made significant progress. But does the life that I lead correspond to my wishes, my expectations?
French writer Georges Perec goes back in time, trying to remember (or invent) the events of his childhood. Autobiographical chapters alternate with fictional novel chapters, but both lines are told in the first person.
Georges Perec «W, or Childhood Memory». Translation from French by Valery Kislov. Publishing house of Ivan Limbakh, 392 p., 2015.