Flaubert's Parrot

Author: Julian Barnes

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  • : $20.00 AUD
  • : 9780099540588
  • : Random House UK
  • : Random House UK
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  • : October 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
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  • : October 2009
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Description

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 and his own life.

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A classic work by a great British author, published for the first time by Vintage and Vintage Classics

Author description

Julian Barnes is the author of nine novels, including Metroland, Flaubert's Parrot, A History of the World in 10 Chapters, England, England and Arthur and George, and two collections of short stories, Cross Channel and The Lemon Table.