00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Barnes, Julian aut Verfasser/-in Flaubert's Parrot ; A history of the world in 10 1/2 Chapters with an introduction by Sarah Churchwell Barnes, Julian New York Alfred A. Knopf 2012 Everyman's Library 348 Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes's breakthrough book—shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984—is the story of Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor who is obsessed with the French author and with tracking down a stuffed parrot that once inspired him. Barnes playfully combines a literary detective story with a character study of its detective, embedded in a brilliant riff on literary genius. A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters is a mix of fictional and historical narratives of voyage and discovery—ranging from a woodworm's perspective on Noah's ark to a survivor from the sinking of the Titanic—that question our ideas of history. One of his most inventive works, it was praised by Salman Rushdie as "frequently brilliant, funny, thoughtful, iconoclastic, and a delight to read." 9781841593487 9781841593487 eng 348 Band 449 Seiten