Parrot and Olivier in America
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Publisher:
Toronto : - Random House Canada
Pages:
379
ISBN:
0307358348, 9780307358349
Language:
English
Statement of responsibility:
Peter Carey
Physical description:
379 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Parrot and Olivier in America - Peter Carey
Penguin publisher Ben Ball interviews Peter CaA dazzlingly inventive reimagining of Alexis de Tocqueville's famous journey, Parrot and Olivier in America brilliantly evokes the Old World colliding with the New. Above all, it is a wildly funny, tender portrait of two men who come to form an almost impossible friendship, and a completely improbable work of art. rey.
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Add a CommentBest book I've read all year. "Bertie & Wooster" leave post-revolution France to discover real democracy in the New World. The dialgue is wonderful. ... may even be historically accurate...
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This book satisfied my on going facination with the French revolution and gave an interesting perspective on how different cultures view democracy. As well as being a wonderful story.
A comic historical picaresque.
Peter Carey has been nominated for this book for the respected Man Booker Prize for Ficiton. The book is a reamagining of Alex de Torcqueville's famous journey to America, evoking the old World colliding with the new. Carey is only one of two authors to have already won this prize twice.