Ellis Island Author:Georges Perec, Robert Bober, W W Norton Co the New Pr The French novelist Georges Perec has continually captured the American imagination, most recently with the publication of A Voic, a novel written without the letter "e." Ellis Island holds us in thrall once again. With poetic grace, insistent questioning, and a stunning carousel of images, Perec and filmmaker Robert Bober open our eyes to the i... more »ntriguing blend of permanence and transience that is Ellis Island.« less