Translated from the French by David Bellos A MAN ASLEEP Translated from the French by Andrew Leak WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BELLOS Perec, Georges, 1936-1982 Things: a story of the sixties, with, A man asleep. THINGS. A STORY OF THE SIXTIES first published in France with the title Les Choses by Editions Julliard, 1965 A MAN ASLEEP first published in France with the title Un homme qui dort by Editions Denoël, 1967 First published in Great Britain by Collins Harvill, 1990 Les Choses © René Julliard 1965 Un homme qui dort © Editions Denoël 1967 English translations and Introduction © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1990