Flaubert's Parrot
by:
Julian Barnes (author)
Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of a stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels.
Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of a stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099540083 (0099540088)
Publish date: September 14th 2009
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 190
Edition language: English
"Sześciu mężczyzn pochodzących z Afryki grało w kule pod pomnikiem Flauberta." Już w pierwszym zdaniu Barnes oddaje obojętność rodzinnego miasta wobec Flauberta: on nie cierpiał jego mieszczańskości, ono odpłaciło mu się tym samym za jego antymieszczańskość. Mimo to doczekał się w nim pomnika. Barn...
Obwohl dieser Roman nicht besonders lang ist, war er an manchen Stellen etwas langatmig, was bei mir manchmal dazu führt dass ich manche Bücher nicht ganz so motiviert lese wie es bei anderen der Fall ist. Der Hauptteil der Geschichte beschreibt Gustave Flauberts Leben, was sehr interessant ist - ma...
Despite my fondness for rambling stories, this one didn't enchant me that much. I love a lot of thing about it, Flaubert's life timeline seen from 2 different point of views were great. Also the chapter about animals representation. But some chapters were just tedious and got me counting pages to th...
After reading [b:The Sense of an Ending|10746542|The Sense of an Ending|Julian Barnes|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1311704453s/10746542.jpg|15657664], I was very keen to read another Julian Barnes book. "Flaubert’s Parrot" seems to be his most famous, and I remember reading glowing reviews way back ...