Tristram Shandyby Laurence Sterne | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - Adventure" |
| Pages: | 478 |
| Year of Publication: | 1768 |
| Date Read: | 05/31/1993 |
| Notes: | Narrated by Shandy, the story begins at the moment of his conception and diverts into endless digressions, interruptions, stories-within-stories, and other narrative devices. The focus shifts from the fortunes of the hero to the nature of his family, environment and heredity. The narrator is isolated in his own privacy and doubts how much, if anything, he can know for certain even about himself. COMMENTS — Sterne broke all the rules: events occur out of chronological order, anecdotes are often left unfinished, and sometimes whole pages are filled with asterisks, or dashes or are left entirely blank. Sterne sent the first section of the novel to London late in 1759. When he went to London in March, 1760, the novel was already the rage and he was famous. |
| My Rating: | 5 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2003-07-21 19:16:57
