My friends and I read Georges Perec's "Things" and now we look at our own purchases suspiciously 😂

If you want to try an unusual genre, I highly recommend it. There are almost no dialogues or thoughts of the characters. But there are THINGS. Lots of things. Very many things.

The book was written in the 60s, but it feels like Perec peeked at our marketplace carts and wishlists.
Overall, it's an amazingly relevant story about how you want not just to buy a thing, but to find along with it a new, beautiful, and preferably slightly more successful version of yourself.

And if you read it not only as a story about things, but also as a reason to dig a little into yourself, you can ask yourself a few questions:

🤩What do I feel when I buy something I've wanted for a long time?
🤩What emotion or state am I trying to get through things?
🤩If I remove the ability to buy and own things, what will I fill the feeling of "I'm fine" with?
🤩If I didn't need to prove anything to anyone, what would I change in my lifestyle?

In general, the book promises to talk about things, but in the end it may well lead to a conversation with yourself.

Who has read it? What thoughts or questions did you have after the book?

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