Description
A retired English doctor, Geoffrey Braithwaite, becomes consumed by Gustave Flaubert—his life, his work, and the smallest details that might illuminate them. When Braithwaite learns that two stuffed parrots once sat on Flaubert’s desk, he launches a meticulous, almost obsessive quest to determine which one is the “right” bird, beginning with a journey to Rouen. Blending literary scholarship with postmodern play, the novel turns investigation into meditation on authorship, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves to make meaning. With Julian Barnes’s signature wit and precision, it explores how art survives through fragments, interpretation, and the shifting boundaries between fact and imagination.
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paperback
[Librairie Générale Française]
Published Jan 1, 1984
209 pages
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Details
First Published
1984
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes.