Flaubert’s Parrot

by Julian Barnes

1st Edition First Printing w/ $13.95 on DJ

Knopf, 1985. VG+. Minor surface and edge wear to DJ. Interior clean, solid, tight and bright copy. Solid and Collectible.

Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946[1] Leicester, England) is a contemporary English writer. He has been shortlisted three times for the Man Booker Prize (Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005)). He has written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh

Awards and recognitions
Somerset Maugham Award, 1981, for Metroland
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1985, for Flaubert’s Parrot
E. M. Forster Award, 1986
Prix Médicis, 1986, for Flaubert’s Parrot
Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 1988
Prix Femina Étranger, 1992 for Talking It Over
Shakespeare Prize, 1993
Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 1995
Austrian State Prize for European Literature, 2004
Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 2004
[edit] Nominations
Booker Prize for Fiction, 1984, for Flaubert’s Parrot
Booker Prize for Fiction, 1998, for England, England
Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2005, for Arthur and George
Commonwealth Writers Prize, 2006, for Arthur and George
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2007, for Arthur and George
Duff Cooper Prize, nomination pending 19 February 2009 award announcement