Flaubert's Parrot
Author: Barnes, Julian
ISBN: 9780099540588
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 12mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
'An intricate and delightful novel' (Graham Greene) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes.
Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer's work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important and shocking details about Geoffrey himself.
ISBN: 9780099540588
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 12mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
'An intricate and delightful novel' (Graham Greene) from Booker prize-winning author Julian Barnes.
Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer's work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important and shocking details about Geoffrey himself.
