{"product_id":"flauberts-parrot-paperback","title":"Flaubert's Parrot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulian Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - From the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a literary detective story of a retired doctor obsessed with the 19th century French author Flaubert--and with tracking down the stuffed parrot that once inspired him. - \"A high literary entertainment carried off with great brio.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulian Barnes playfully combines a detective story with a character study of its detective, embedded in a brilliant riff on literary genius. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA compelling weave of fiction and imaginatively ordered fact, \u003ci\u003eFlaubert's Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns moving and entertaining, witty and scholarly, and a tour de force of seductive originality.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA kind of detective story, relating a cranky amateur scholar's search for the truth about Gustave Flaubert, and the obsession of this detective whose life seems to oddly mirror those of Flaubert's characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Leicester in 1946, Julian Barnes is the author of nine novels, a book of stories, and a collection of essays. He has won both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina, and in 1988 was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.03 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 27, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42688348913727,"sku":"9780679731368","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/be24f2a908b09276eb576e95c09c55a6.webp?v=1764981697","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/flauberts-parrot-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}