by Julian Barnes · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433920904
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«El loro de Flaubert» is the literary fiction novel by Julian Barnes, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
The book revolves around Dr Geoffrey Braithwaite, an admirer of Gustave Flaubert who interweaves the biography of the French writer with personal investigations and reflections on art, literature, love and death. The narrative mixes fiction and reality in a game that ranges from the novelist's life to the objects that surrounded him, such as the famous stuffed parrot that inspired his story A Simple Heart.
Novel number 86 in Anagrama's Compactos collection. The original work was published under the title Flaubert's Parrot in 1984; this Spanish edition includes a translation by Antonio Mauri.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction who enjoy metafictional fiction, narrative games and twentieth-century English literature.
Julian Patrick Barnes is an English essayist, novelist and short story writer.
