Flaubert's Parrot.

BARNES, Julian.

Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985

Beschreibung

1 blank leaf with "by the same author" on verso + half-title + TP + dedication page + Contents page + half-title + [11]-190, Octavo. First American Edition.A Signed First American Edition with a laid in "Compliments of the Author" CardSigned by Barnes on the title page and with the "compliments of the author" card laid in.This brilliant novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984 and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize the following year. In the book, Barnes speaks through the amateur Flaubert expert, Geoffrey Braithwaite, presenting his musings on both Flaubert's and his own life, as he looks for a stuffed parrot that inspired the great author.Braithwaite, a widowed, retired English doctor, goes to France and, while visiting sites related to Flaubert, discovers two museums claiming to display the stuffed parrot which sat atop Flaubert's writing desk for a brief period while he wrote Un Coeur Simple. While trying to identify which is authentic, Braithwaite learns that Flaubert's parrot could be any one of fifty that had been held in the collection of the municipal museum.Although the narrative is mostly about tracking down the parrot, many chapters focus on Flaubert's life and one of the central themes throughout is subjectivism. The novel provides three sequential chronologies of Flaubert's life: the first is optimistic (citing his successes, conquests, etc.), the second is negative (citing the deaths of his friends/lovers, his failures, illnesses etc.) and the third compiles quotations written by Flaubert in his journal at various points in his life. The futile attempts to find the real Flaubert mirrors Braithwaite's futile attempt to find his parrot. a fine unclipped dust . ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1251

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Flaubert's Parrot.

Verlag: Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1985

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Signed as noted above. Fine

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION - Signed.