Flaubert's Parrot (Picador Books)
Registered by cally-c of Alfreton, Derbyshire United Kingdom on 11/20/2008
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16 journalers for this copy...
Synopsis
Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romantic) and creates an exuberant enquiry into the ways in which art mirrors life and then turns around to shape it.
Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romantic) and creates an exuberant enquiry into the ways in which art mirrors life and then turns around to shape it.
A really good read - very quirky. I enjoyed reading Braithwaite's musings on his own life & his thoughts on Flaubert's life & writings.
offering as a ray:
Vilda - Sweden-Int'l
EmgeeNL - NL-EU
Fluffy-Owl - UK-UK
arturogrande - UK-Int'l
rhythmbiscuit - US-US
UnwrittenLibra - US-Int'l
Vilda - Sweden-Int'l
EmgeeNL - NL-EU
Fluffy-Owl - UK-UK
arturogrande - UK-Int'l
rhythmbiscuit - US-US
UnwrittenLibra - US-Int'l
Released 14 yrs ago (7/10/2009 UTC) at per Post, Bookray -- Controlled Releases
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Off to Vilda.....
Off to Vilda.....
This one was waiting for me when I came home from my vacation. Thanks! I'll get to it as soon as I can!
Journal Entry 6 by Vilda at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Friday, July 31, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (7/31/2009 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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I enjoyed this one quite a lot although I kind of got tired of it towards the end. Thanks for letting me read this one!
Now it travels to Holland. Enjoy!
I enjoyed this one quite a lot although I kind of got tired of it towards the end. Thanks for letting me read this one!
Now it travels to Holland. Enjoy!
The book arrived. It's going on my TBR for now
It was a nice and easy book to read, but it's not a book that I will always remember like some other books of the 1001 list.
Journal Entry 9 by EmgeeNL at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Friday, September 4, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (9/4/2009 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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The book is on it's way to the next reader
The book is on it's way to the next reader
Journal Entry 10 by Fluffy-Owl from Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom on Saturday, September 12, 2009
Received yesterday, thank you!
Journal Entry 11 by Fluffy-Owl from Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom on Saturday, September 26, 2009
Dreadful. How have some of these dreadful books I've read recently made it onto the 1001 BTRBYD list?!!! Oh my goodness. I could not have cared less about whatever the name of the narrator was (that shows how well I'm going to remember this book!) and I care even less about which parrot may or may not have been an inspiration. Oh well, at least that's another one down. Am currently reading a book not on the list in the hope that I'll actually enjoy it!
Will post off soon.
Will post off soon.
Journal Entry 12 by Fluffy-Owl at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom on Saturday, September 26, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (9/26/2009 UTC) at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom
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Posting off today. Hope it travels well and arrives safely.
Posting off today. Hope it travels well and arrives safely.
Journal Entry 13 by arturogrande from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Friday, October 2, 2009
Thanks very much for including me on the ring for this one. I've got some ring books ahead of it, but I'll get to it as soon as I can.
Journal Entry 14 by arturogrande from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Sunday, December 13, 2009
I'm so sorry to have held this book up for so long. I had a load of bookrings come in at the same tine and I really don't think I'm going to get to it this side of Christmas.
It's unfair of me to hold it up any longer, so I'm going to pass it on to the next reader.
It's unfair of me to hold it up any longer, so I'm going to pass it on to the next reader.
Thank you! The book arrived today. I look forward to reading it.
At first I found this book quirky, but as it went on, I grew tired of it. In fact, I don't really remember how it ended--I don't think I ever did understand what happened to the narrator's wife!
I will mail this book to UnwrittenLibra. Welcome back from Israel!
I will mail this book to UnwrittenLibra. Welcome back from Israel!
Released 14 yrs ago (3/14/2010 UTC) at
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I mailed this book to UnwrittenLibra. Enjoy!
I mailed this book to UnwrittenLibra. Enjoy!
Received a few days ago here in Baltimore. Thanks!
So disjointed. Not a fan, but crossed it off the 1001 list.
Sent off to Malaysia today via Riderwood, Maryland, USA...go book go!
Journal Entry 21 by tohweiee from Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on Monday, May 10, 2010
Received a couple of days ago. Thanks for the RABCK UnwrittenLibra!
I've yet to read this book as it's not in my possession right now but I just wanted to put this down before I forget. This book is part of a ray.
The participants are as follows:
fushmush (Aust, ship int'l)
shovelmonkey1 (UK, ship EU)
madmegzy (UK, ship int'l)
The participants are as follows:
fushmush (Aust, ship int'l)
shovelmonkey1 (UK, ship EU)
madmegzy (UK, ship int'l)
I'm afraid this one just didn't do it for me. I did, however, find parts of it rather funny.
Will send it off to fushmush soon.
Will send it off to fushmush soon.
On its way to fushmush in Australia.
It has arrived. Hopefully I'll get some holiday reading done.
Sorry I've had this so long. I've recently had a baby and I don't have as much time to read as I used to. I will PM the next in line and get this on its way.
Journal Entry 27 by shovelmonkey1 at Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom on Monday, December 5, 2011
This book arrived today and is now safe in my bag. Thanks for sending it on to me, much appreciated, and for the post card too. I will get this book travelling before christmas again.
Journal Entry 28 by shovelmonkey1 at Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom on Saturday, December 17, 2011
Not the best book from the 1001 books list - possibly would have been better served as FACTion rather than literary fiction - the narrator seemed a bit pointless for most of the books and I always forgot it was Geoffrey Braithwaite and not just Julian Barnes who was trundling out all the Gustave Flaubert factoids.
I've pm'd both madmegzy and tohweiee a couple of times now over the last few weeks and so far no response from either. I've also put up an ISO in the bookcrossing forum. If I don't get any response then i will probably wild release this book in the new year.
I've pm'd both madmegzy and tohweiee a couple of times now over the last few weeks and so far no response from either. I've also put up an ISO in the bookcrossing forum. If I don't get any response then i will probably wild release this book in the new year.
Released 10 yrs ago (5/13/2013 UTC) at Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom
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This book is now travelling as part of a bookray with the first stop in Scotland.
The reading order for this bookray is
pam99- UK to Intl
Sfogs - NZL to Intl
alexiapapa - EU - EU
sintra - EU - EU
lamelemon EU-EU
Please try to keep this book moving in good time - if you need to hold onto it for a couple of months, just let the next person in line know. Happy reading and thank you for participating.
pam99- UK to Intl
Sfogs - NZL to Intl
alexiapapa - EU - EU
sintra - EU - EU
lamelemon EU-EU
Please try to keep this book moving in good time - if you need to hold onto it for a couple of months, just let the next person in line know. Happy reading and thank you for participating.
thanks - will read once I finish my current book!
update: Apologies, this book arrived amidst several others and I lost track of which were rings/rays and which weren't. I'm reading this one now and should have it moving again by the end of the week.
update: Apologies, this book arrived amidst several others and I lost track of which were rings/rays and which weren't. I'm reading this one now and should have it moving again by the end of the week.
a very clever and at times entertaining book - I can't say I understood much of it though, and I'm not sure I really enjoyed it! Have pm'd sfogs for an address.
book is on its way to NZ - by surface mail, but I often find that this does go by plane - hopefully that's OK.
Thank you all!
This book has arrived safely! :-)
One book ahead of it.
This book has arrived safely! :-)
One book ahead of it.
This book didn't hook me at all. The same with Madam Bovary...um meh. Well it's another off the 1001 list.
Released 10 yrs ago (8/25/2013 UTC) at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand
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On it's way to the next person in Greece! Bye little book!
This book is safe with me! let' see how it turns...
Interesting book with a lot of info and speculations! I quite enjoyed it when i read it and recently I found out that it was meant to be sent to the next person but time has passed. I PMed sintra back then but she never received it. So the book just sat here but now it's time to travel again! Sorry for the delay and thanks for the understanding!
Sent to sintra to keep the book travelling! :)
Sent to sintra to keep the book travelling! :)
The book has safely arrived in Germany and will be read soon. Thanks a lot! :)
I definitely enjoyed this book - hopelessly post-modern as it is. I particularly liked the various biographies of Flaubert and the ultimately futile attempts to draw connections to his work.
Thanks for sharing this book! It will be on its way again, soon. :)
Thanks for sharing this book! It will be on its way again, soon. :)
Now safe with me, thank you!
"9) That he was a pessimist.
Ah. I begin to see what you mean. You wish his books were a bit more cheerful, a bit more ... how would you put it, life-enhancing? What a curious idea of literature you do have. Is your PhD from Bucharest? I didn't know one had to defend authors for being pessimists. This is a new one. I decline to do so. Flaubert said: 'You don't make art out of good intentions'."
A very nice literary experiment, circling the essence of the plot in a very intricate manner. I loved the literary references and wish I had read more of the mentioned books more recently or at all, for that matter.
Posting to Tizzalicious tomorrow morning - enjoy :)
Ah. I begin to see what you mean. You wish his books were a bit more cheerful, a bit more ... how would you put it, life-enhancing? What a curious idea of literature you do have. Is your PhD from Bucharest? I didn't know one had to defend authors for being pessimists. This is a new one. I decline to do so. Flaubert said: 'You don't make art out of good intentions'."
A very nice literary experiment, circling the essence of the plot in a very intricate manner. I loved the literary references and wish I had read more of the mentioned books more recently or at all, for that matter.
Posting to Tizzalicious tomorrow morning - enjoy :)
Thanks so much for sending me this, lamelemon! Looking forward to reading it and then passing it on :)
Journal Entry 44 by MMMaartje at BC meeting 2018 in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Thursday, July 5, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (7/8/2018 UTC) at BC meeting 2018 in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands
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Taking this to the yearly meeting in Castricum this weekend! :)
This book was still on the table at the end of the day, so I decided to take it back home with me.
Passed on to a friend :)
