Flaubert's Parrot
Julian Barnes, read by Richard Morant. AudioGO, unabridged, seven CDs, 7 hrs., $21.95 ISBN 978-1-60998-257-7
Barnes's contemporary classic follows loosely in the footsteps of acclaimed 19th-century French novelist Gustave Flaubert, serving as capsule biography, work of critical art, record of cross-generational authorial jealousy, and a portrait of obsession. As the protagonist meditates on Madame Bovary, while giving us quick glimpses into the source of his own fixation on the novel%E2%80%94like Emma, his own wife was unfaithful and committed suicide%E2%80%94Richard Morant keeps pace, following Barnes as he dips and dives through a dizzying variety of styles. A Vintage paperback. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 06/27/2011
Genre: Audio
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-1-85089-726-2
Compact Disc - 979-8-212-64409-9
Compact Disc - 6 pages - 978-1-4915-3739-8
Hardcover - 190 pages - 978-0-394-54272-0
Hardcover - 190 pages - 978-0-224-02222-4
MP3 CD - 979-8-212-64410-5
MP3 CD - 978-1-4915-3779-4
Mass Market Paperbound - 216 pages - 978-0-07-003748-9
Open Ebook - 149 pages - 978-0-307-79785-8
Open Ebook - 192 pages - 978-1-4090-8852-3
Open Ebook - 1 pages - 978-0-7927-7537-9
Paperback - 192 pages - 978-0-679-73136-8
Paperback - 190 pages - 978-0-09-954058-8
Paperback - 192 pages - 978-0-09-954008-3
