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Flaubert's Parrot
by Julian Barnes · 1984 · 190 pages
David Bowie
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David Bowie
About This Book
A retired doctor and amateur scholar travels to France to track down the stuffed parrot that once inspired Gustave Flaubert. The novel blends fiction, biography, and literary criticism to explore the nature of obsession and the subjective truth of history.
Book Details
Published
1984
Pages
190
Language
en
ISBN
9780679731368
Awards & Recognition
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1984)Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (1985)Winner of the Prix Médicis Essai (1986)
Audiobook Available
6h 56m
Narrated by Simon Vance
