Flaubert's Parrot
Julian Barnes
Literary Fiction / Non-Fiction
Flaubert's Parrot
by Julian Barnes
—· 227 p· 1984
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonreflectivephilosophical
Overview
About
An intricate and delightful novel' Graham GreeneFlaubert's Parrot deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our sense of the past and our sense of abroad; with France and England, life and art, sex and death, George Sand and Louise Colet, aesthetics and redcurrant jam; and with its enigmatic narrator, a retired English doctor, whose life and secrets are slowly revealed.A compelling weave of fiction and imaginatively ordered fact, Flaubert's Parrot is by turns moving and entertaining…
Pages
227
Penguin Random House
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Literary Allusiveness10
Prose9
Narration9
Biographical Uncertainty9
Emotional depth7
Pacing7
Plot twists6
Worldbuilding4
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