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Georges Perros was a French author and critic. John Taylor is a literary critic and the translator of many books. He is also the author of seven books of stories, short prose, and poetry, the latest of which is If Night is Falling.
“The passionate mixture of assertion and negation in the prose pieces resonates.” * On the Seawall * “Do we still have room in our lives for a livre de chevet, the kind of book we keep on our nightstands and dip into at random, when we are more likely to get all the bon mots we need from Twitter? Perros’s Paper Collage comes to us as a relic from an earlier era of reading. . . . An aphorist is a gambler; he turns out as many as he can in the hope that one in a hundred will ring true. . . . Perros is at his best when he’s creating wonderfully weird little machines for thought. He also has a sensitive spot for the hard work and isolation of writing. . . . This new volume should contribute to building his reputation abroad, not least because of its quaint, nearly unmarketable format. Tout mieux.” * Times Literary Supplement *
