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Flaubert's Parrot
Julian Barnes
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Release Date: 1990-11-27 |
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Just what sort of book is Flaubert's Parrot, anyway? A literary biography of 19th-century French novelist, radical, and intellectual impresario Gustave Flaubert? A meditation on the uses and misuses of language? A novel of obsession, denial, irritation, and underhanded connivery? A thriller complete with disguises, sleuthing, mysterious meetings, and unknowing targets? An extended essay on the nature of fiction itself?
On the surface, at first, Julian Barnes's book is the tale of an elderly English doctor's search for some intriguing details of Flaubert's life. Geoffrey Braithwaite seems to be involved in an attempt to establish whether a particularly fine, lovely, and ancient stuffed parrot is in fact one originally "borrowed by G. Flaubert from the Museum of Rouen and placed on his worktable during the writing of Un coeur simple, where it is called Loulou, the parrot of Felicité, the principal character of the tale."
What begins as a droll and intriguing excursion into the minutiae of Flaubert's life and intellect, along with an attempt to solve the small puzzle of the parrot--or rather parrots, for there are two competing for the title of Gustave's avian confrere--soon devolves into something obscure and worrisome, the exploration of an arcane Braithwaite obsession that is perhaps even pathological. The first hint we have that all is not as it seems comes almost halfway into the book, when after a humorously cantankerous account of the inadequacies of literary critics, Braithwaite closes a chapter by saying, "Now do you understand why I hate critics? I could try and describe to you the expression in my eyes at this moment; but they are far too discoloured with rage." And from that point, things just get more and more curious, until they end in the most unexpected bang.
One passage perhaps best describes the overall effect of this extraordinary story: "You can define a net in one of two ways, depending on your point of view. Normally, you would say that it is a meshed instrument designed to catch fish. But you could, with no great injury to logic, reverse the image and define the net as a jocular lexicographer once did: he called it a collection of holes tied together with string." Julian Barnes demonstrates that it is possible to catch quite an interesting fish no matter how you define the net. --Andrew Himes
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A kind of detective story, relating a cranky amateur scholar's search for the truth about Gustave Flaubert, and the obsession of this detective whose life seems to oddly mirror those of Flaubert's characters.
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One man's obsession is another man's parrot........2007-01-30
"You can define a net in one of two ways, depending on your point of view," Julian Barnes' protagonist observes in FLAUBERT's PARROT. "Normally, you would say that it is a meshed instrument designed to catch fish. But you could, with no great injury to logic, reverse the image and define the net as a jocular lexicographer once did: he called it a collection of holes tied together with string" (p. 38).
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize when it was published in 1984, Julian Barnes's extraordinary novel tells the story of an amateur scholar's obsession with 19th-century French writer Gustave Flaubert (Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)). Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired, widowed, English doctor, who almost pathologically uses Flaubert's writings to make sense of his own life. Read as a detective story, FLAUBERT'S PARROT follows Braithwaite's quest for finding the stuffed parrot Flaubert "borrowed" from the Museum of Rouen while writing UN COEUR SIMPLE (in which it is called "Loulou"). In his futile attempts to differentiate between two possible parrots, Braithwaite ultimately concludes that neither could be the one used by Flaubert, and the original parrot could be one of hundreds in a major French museum. FLAUBERT'S PARROT may also be read as a biography of the French novelist (the narrative includes three chronologies of Flaubert's life; his successes and failures; his conquests, friends, lovers, and illnesses; his animal influences; and his journal entries), or as an extended meditation on the nature of fiction in general (complete with a final exam in Chapter 14). Based on his breakthrough novel, it is not surprising that Barnes has since received not only the Booker award, but both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina awards, and in 1988 was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
G. Merritt
DEAD PARROTS SOCIETY.......2006-11-18
What I always keep in mind about Flaubert is that Raymond Chandler admired him. From my own distant recollections of Flaubert, I'd guess that what appealed to such a craftsman as Chandler was the workmanship - in both authors one has a similar sense that every sentence and indeed every word has been worked on with minute precision. On the other hand, Chandler was scathing about pretentiousness and affectation too. I never managed to finish anything by Flaubert because I found him a bit too literary in an offputting sense, and this was no doubt not his fault but mine. However I have to say that when it comes to Julian Barnes this is now the third novel of his that I have read, and for all his outstanding gifts he is beginning to get on my nerves slightly.
There is something rather preening and self-regarding about Barnes, I find. I don't deny him creative originality for a moment, but that comes across to me as being secondary to a wish to exercise and display his accomplishment as a writer. The way this book is put together is undeniably effective. Flaubert has a Dr Bovary, and Dr Bovary has a wife Emma who is unfaithful and kills herself. Barnes has a Dr Braithwaite who has a wife Ellen who was unfaithful and killed herself. Some combination of Dr Braithwaite and Mr Barnes (very skilfully alternated) research Flaubert's life, hanging their researches, cleverly but rather artificially, around the identification of a parrot called Loulou belonging to Flaubert's housekeeper. The significance of the parrot, I'd say, is principally to provide a good eye-catching title for the book rather than anything more essential. Dr Braithwaite is very lacklustre as a personality, and while I'm sure that was deliberate on the author's part I'm equally certain he thought his denouement was more effective and less predictable than I have just found it to be.
The way this kind of book takes me is that I find the factual material a lot more involving than the `human interest'. So far as I can tell, the research seems to have been meticulous, and I always like to see popular and superficial misconceptions put right. All the same, I could have done with less self-congratulation from Barnes and in particular with less sense of pettiness in the points he scores. Poor old Enid Starkey! I dare say she annoyed him and for all I know she might have annoyed me too, but the triumphs Barnes awards himself are not really very important. If Barnes wants to be as nitpicking as this I may as well point out to him that `ipsophagy' is a dreadful mixture of Latin and Greek roots, and if he wanted to coin such a term it ought to have been `hautophagy'.
Obviously, reactions of this kind are subjective on my part, but this is literature and I don't see any way round that. The author's personality as he projects it is not entirely a sympathetic one to me for the reasons I've attempted to explain, but other readers will doubtless react differently. What seems to me a lot less subjective is the sheer quality of what Barnes does. The man is a master and no two ways about that, I'm happy to agree. The book is all over in less than 200 pages anyway, and it is instructive as well as highly readable. Whether it has fired me up to read more by Julian Barnes is maybe doubtful, but it might just get me to have another go at Flaubert.
Intruiging and Enchanting!.......2006-01-10
I don't have much to add that other reviewers haven't already written. But I still wanted to comment on how enjoyable and memorable this book is. I bought "Madame Bovary" at the same time, but decided to read "Flaubert's Parrot" first. I can't wait to get started on "Madame Bovary", and hopefully some more of Flaubert's novels.
Quite Effective.......2005-12-14
...but not all that affective. Which is not a bad thing at all. Unless there are noble attempts at such a thing, which, I suppose, is really up to debate with this work. But what expectations can one have with a work like this? What the reader has here is not really a "novel" but something greater, something post-, something meta- (although in a bearable way, at least Barnes has taste). It is, however, quite educational, very witty, very stylish (in a good way, see "Barnes has taste" in the previous sentence for more on this) but also often quite maladroit, even if in a skillfull way. Sometimes, especially in the times when the focus is shifted to the narrator, it feels like the story is being poked into an uncomfortable position, before it returns to its natural form in the next chapter (like the metal in braces!). But, it is, at the very least, a rewarding book and at the best quite brilliant. Very muchso indeed.
Tres Charmant.......2005-11-17
This very charming and lively study of the life and work of Gustave Flaubert poses an interesting question: would you rather read a book about a subject matter that completely mirrors reality or a book that takes some license with the truth for the sake of art? The narrator of _Flaubert's Parrot_, Dr. Braithwaite, a Flaubert afficianado, delves into the master's literature and into his personal background, and comes up with various sets of facts depending upon the point of view of the source. Mr. Barnes quotes Louise Colet, a poet and Flaubert's mistress, Flaubert's friends, as well as citing from Flaubert's masterpiece, _Madame Bovary_. Mr. Barnes also presents the reader with two alternate chronologies of Flaubert's life, one idyllic and the other providing quite the opposite impression.
What I found particularly delightful about this book was the narrator's discussion of the parrot in Flaubert's novella, _A Simple Heart_. Braithwaite compares the colors of the alleged real stuffed parrot, supposedly acting as Flaubert's muse while writing _A Simple Heart_, with the parrot's description in the novella. There is even some doubt that the bird-muse that Braithwaite temporarily has in his possession was in actuality Flaubert's. Braithwaite also quotes from a Flaubert critic who chastizes Flaubert for his consistent inaccuracy in stating the color of Emma Bovary's eyes, rather than concerning herself with the novel's artistic merits.
_Flaubert's Parrot_ also concerns itself with Braithwaite's sad personal life, which may help explain some of his interest in Flaubert's romantic entanglements. This helps to lend this book a multi-faceted flavor. That, together with its rich detail and its unique take on art and its critics, makes _Flaubert's Parrot_ an unusually holding work.
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FLAUBERT'S PARROT
BARNES
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FLAUBERTS PARROT
J. BARNES
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Captive of My Desires (Malory Family)
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ASIN: 1416505482
Release Date: 2007-04-17 |
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THE MALORYS RETURN!
Johanna Lindsey sweeps readers into the dazzlingly passionate world of the incomparable Malorys, an aristocratic family of rakehell adventurers and spirited ladies -- which turns ever more tempestuous when James Malory introduces the daughter of a pirate to London society.
Gabrielle Brooks sets sail from England to a Caribbean island in search of her estranged father and encounters a life-altering surprise -- her father is a pirate! After spending three wonderful years hunting treasure with him, Gabrielle is dismayed when he decides she must return to London to find a proper husband. His old friend James Malory will sponsor her in polite society. Gabrielle is escorted to balls and parties by James's wife, Georgina, and her brother, Drew Anderson, a dashing American sea captain and fun-loving rogue. When Drew embroils Gabrielle in a scandal the night before he's to sail home, the pirate's daughter vows revenge by commandeering Drew's ship and taking him prisoner. But as passion runs high on their sea voyage, it becomes difficult to tell who is truly the captor and who is the captive.
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What happened!!.......2007-08-30
I could hardly believe that Ms. Lindsey wrote this! There was nothing to this story... To me it read like, and then they, and then she, and then he... the characters were ALL 2 dimensional. Was it even believable that the hero really fell in love with the heroine at the end? I really didn't care, since it read more like a manual than a romance. Disappointment doesn't begin to describe my reaction to this book!
Captive of My Desires.......2007-08-13
I love Johanna Lindsey so I really enjoy her books. I can't wait to read the new one out.
Best Malory Novel Yet.......2007-08-05
This book is the latest installment to Lindseys Malory series. Its about a women named Gabrielle whose father is a pirate in the Caribbean and has sent her to James Malory in London to find a suitable husband, she ends up meeting James wife's brother named Drew and the rest is how their turbulent romance evolves.
This book was the first Johanna Lindsey novel that I read, and I have to say that if I didn't like this book as much as I did I would never have attempted to read the other Malory novels. Lindsey has the ability to make you fall in love with her characters and keep you entertained all the while. This is by far my favorite Malory novel and I don't believe at all that Lindsey is loosing her touch. I highly recommend this book and all of the Malory novels if you are looking for a good read.
Fun book, not too deep.......2007-08-01
I liked this book. It did remind me of her previous work. However, I hadn't read anything by Johanna Lindsey in a long time so I wasn't disappointed that it was similar to other books. This is a definitely a book that you check out from the library or buy used (like I did).
Very Disappointed.......2007-07-30
Sadly, this is the most disappointing of the Malory novels. I found the characters undeveloped and rather boring. Johanna Lindsey's previous Malory novels were much more exciting and the characters were very likeable despite their flaws. In this latest installment, Drew was mostly morose, brooding and not very likeable at all and I found Gabrielle shallow and silly while the dialogue between her and Drew not very exciting. The best parts of the story included the characters from her previous novels like James, Tony and Georgiana.
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Johanna Lindsey CD Collection 2: A Man to Call My Own, A Loving Scoundrel, Captive of My Desires
Johanna Lindsey
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Release Date: 2007-06-29 |
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A Man to Call My Own:
After the sudden death of their father, Amanda and Marian Laton are sent to live with their aunt on a sprawling Texas ranch. As the twin sisters - one of whom is nasty, the other nice - both find themselves pursuing Chad Kinkaid, the cowboy son of a neighboring ranching family, Lindsey skillfully charts the intoxicating course of first love that ends in one of the Laton twins winning the heart of a man she can call her own.
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Enter the privileged world of English aristocrats and experience the passion, intrigue, and romantic pleasures of the incomparable Malorys - a family of dashing rogues, rakehell adventurers, and spirited ladies. Now Jeremy, the son of gentleman pirate James Malory, falls in love…
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After spending three wonderful years sailing and treasure hunting with her father, Gabrielle Brooks is dismayed when he decides she must return to London to find a proper husband. There, Gabrielle is escorted to balls and parties by James Malory's wife, Georgina, and her brother, Drew Anderson, a dashing American sea captain. But when Drew embroils her in a scandal the night before he's to sail back to America, Gabrielle vows revenge.
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With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans -- for a price. Humanity now has three worlds to defend.
As Earth's armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies.
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A Hymn Before Military Jargon.......2007-09-30
I was disappointed with this novel. I expected lots of action packed adventure and battles with evil, implacable aliens. There is a little of that. To find the story, you have to wade through mounds of details about military matters, details that add little to the story. There are so many acronyms in the book that you can't count them, and many are not explained. For example: ARTEP, CONTAC team, PLL kit, NCO, BDU's,ADC-O, OPSEC. I know what some of the abbreviations mean, but soon I stopped looking them up, and soon after I stopped caring. I began skimming whole pages of explanation about command structures, army groups, squad tactics, and other military arcana.
There is a great story here, about the survival of mankind, a desperate battle with an invading horde, and some alien allies who might not be allies. The book is written in a way that the story gets buried by diversions. You don't get to know most of the characters in a way that you can care about them before they are killed. The author doesn"t spend much time developing them. I wasn't looking for a deeply personal story here, but I would like to know the characters enough to be emotionally involved. I read the whole book, but I can't recommend that you do the same.
Excellent Space Opera - A Classic.......2007-09-10
Can't say much more, but John Ringo rocks. He knows his Sci-Fi Space Opera Genre. Between him and David Weber, they are masters of the field.
I recommend this book strongly for anyone who is wanting a gripping 'I can't put it down' book.
The sci fi mixes well with the military concepts, and builds in some serious emotions as well...
A great book.......2007-07-06
The characters were detailed, the story flowed, but the combat chapters kept me reading until it was over.
Not good, not bad........2007-06-06
A Hymn Before Battle, by John Ringo, explores the themes of alien encounters. Basically, a bunch of space-going peaceniks need to fight a war against carnivorous centaurs, and so turn to humanity as the last weapon they can possibly field.
This is the story of humanity struggling to adjust to their new place in the world, and more specifically about military persons training for, and deploying on, previously unforeseen missions.
It's a fairly decent book, with well-worked characters and a fun story, but the characters are often two-dimensional and awfully similar to a whole lot of other `ruggedly handsome military' characters out there. The best character was a female autistic sniper, who was just a secondary character in a minor plot-line, but she was just so interesting to watch that I kind of kept reading to see how she'd get on. And then Ringo killed her.
None of the other characters held my interest, and I began to sink into the deadly trap of I Just Don't Care What Happens To These People. After you reach that point, you might as well stop reading and go to the movies.
`A Hymn Before Battle' is an interesting book, but I'm not sure if it's a great offering. The autistic sniper is pretty cool, but is she really enough to hold together a book about something completely different?
Astonishingly Bad.......2007-04-08
OK, the story idea is kind of good. Earth has been contacted by races, fighting a long war, who aren't constitutionally able to fight. So we're needed. Very good. From that rather nice premise we descend into a mess of detail unessential to the story, characters almost indistinguishable from one another, bad motivations and dopey people who get to develop dopey ideas at length. Well, I'm an SF addict and it took 200 pages before I'd had enough. Some ideas are lifted from Heinlein and others without much attempt to carry them further. On the bright side, it's only 4 clams, delivered.
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Centaurs are Coming! Centaurs are Coming!.......2007-09-28
I definitely enjoy sci-fi books, alt-his books, soldiers' war memories books and historical battles books.
Well believe it or not John Ringo's "A Hymn Before Battle" is a tasty combination of all these genres and writing styles!
I've already read some books of what is usually known as "military sci-fi" and with the exception of Joe Haldeman's "Forever Peace" the rest of them, IMHO, range from "very boring" to "just so-so".
That is NOT the case with the present volume.
Mr. Ringo instills a strange sense of reality in all battle accounts (they really made me remember Lt. Wells "Give me fifty Marines not afraid to die" prose describing Iwo Jima experience).
When he portrays the general picture of a battle or campaign they come so true as if you were reading Toland or Beevor or even Hastings.
Off-planet urban and rural scenery is minutely described; sophisticated weapons and tactics too and on top of all, the energetic "Mighty Mite" appears as a true soldier not a bi-dimensional caricature.
The story is as follows: in 2001 Humankind receives a warning that a swarm of centaur-like alien will strike Sol System as they march thru the galaxy.
The Galactic Federation, a supposedly friendly, entente of some sentient species, opposes the swarming Posleen hordes. Unfortunately there are no fighting species amongst them so they resort to Humans to constitute a sort of "Foreign Legion" strike force to defend them and Sol System.
Coupling galactic technology and human skills new weapons and military tactics are developed.
Will they be ready to effectively confront the Centaurs? How? Where? When?
OK read this book and you'll learn about. By the way you'll probably get hooked to read the rest of the series titles, at least I am!
"A Hymn Before Battle" is a high quality sci-fi novel deserving to be read by every true buff! Do not let it pass by!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.
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Sometimes Christians forget they have an enemy. But let your guard down for just a moment and Satan -- ever watchful for an opportunity -- is waiting to attack not just you but your family as well. Jim Logan shows how Christ alone can save your home from the destructive powers of bitterness, unforgiveness, pride, and anger.
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One of the bests books on Spiritual Warfare...........2007-08-02
If your looking for a very informative book on spiritual warfare, this book should be added to your collection.. The author knows what he is talking about and offers fantastic advice for protecting yourself and your family... Too bad they dont teach this stuff in churches... This is a Christian approach (and frankly the christian approach is the only approach you should be using anyway! Amen!) You'll be glad you got this book.
Reclaiming Surrendered Ground: Protecting Your Family From Spirtual Attacks.......2007-04-11
Very helpful book. I especially recommend that Pastors read this book so that they can counsel members of their congregation that might be struggling with demonic attacks. As Christians, we are very naive to the wiles and working of the devil. We tend to ignore the fact that we are in a spirtual battle. Until we are knocked down by the enemy, we don't do anything. So we fail to live in the victory Jesus has won for us on the cross. Jim Logan educates on how to reclaim lost ground and how to live in Jesus' victory for us. I think this book will be an eye-opener for many readers. I highly recommended it to every believer!!!!
Super book.......2006-12-30
A friend suggested that I get this book and read it. I am so glad that I did. Dr. Logan presents biblical truth in an interesting, storytelling fashion which I so appreciated. There are many wonderful nuggets of wisdom and some truly "so that's why" insights. His counsel is sound and carefully crafted. Get this book for yourself and for your family's sake. You won't regret it.
CHUCK FULL WITH SCRIPTUAL SIMPLICITY.......2005-10-10
COVERS ALL AREAS WITH SIMPLE BIBLICAL SIMPLICITY. SHOWS OBVIOUS TRUTHS WITH CLARITY.
Concise and Clearly Written.......2002-02-01
This is the most clearly written book I have read on spiritual warfare. Too many books get bogged down in theology and cerebral arguements. Jim Logan explains exactly what spiritual warfare is, how the believer and non-believer alike are affected and what to do about it. He backs up what he says with Scripture. This is a must read for anyone interested in or dealing with spiritual warfare!
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