Flaubert's Parrot: Julian Barnes

Flaubert's Parrot: Julian Barnes

by JulianBarnes (Author)

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Flaubert's Parrot deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our sense of the past and our sense of abroad; with France and England, life and art, sex and death, George Sand and Louise Colet, aesthetics and redcurrant jam; and with its enigmatic narrator, a retired English doctor, whose life and secrets are slowly revealed. A compelling weave of fiction and imaginatively ordered fact, Flaubert's Parrot is by turns moving and entertaining, witty and scholarly, and a tour de force of seductive originality.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06 Aug 2009

ISBN 10: 0099540088
ISBN 13: 9780099540083
Book Overview: 'An intricate and delightful novel' (Graham Greene) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes

Media Reviews
Barnes manages to be erudite but extremely funny too... You never know what Barnes is going to do next and I admire that.' -- Caroline Rees * Daily Express *
Delightful and enriching... A book to revel in -- Joseph Heller
A gem: an unashamed literary novel that is also unashamed to be readable, and broadly entertaining. Bravo! -- John Irving
Endless food for thought, beautifully written... A tour de force -- Germaine Greer
Unputdownable... A mesmeric original -- Philip Larkin
Author Bio
Julian Barnes is the author of twelve novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and two books of non-fiction, Nothing to be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life. In 2017 he was awarded the Legion d'honneur.