WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TOM MCCARTHY
'A mad literary joke' Daily Telegraph
Doomed to become the 'sport of fortune' by an interruption at the crucial moment of conception, Tristram Shandy's life lurches from one mishap to another: his nose crushed by the doctor's forceps during birth, christened with the wrong name, an unfortunate incident involving a slamming sash window. Discover the anti-autobiography of the hilarious and impossibly long-winded Tristram Shandy.
See also: Life: A User's Manual
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TOM MCCARTHY
'A mad literary joke' Daily Telegraph
Doomed to become the 'sport of fortune' by an interruption at the crucial moment of conception, Tristram Shandy's life lurches from one mishap to another: his nose crushed by the doctor's forceps during birth, christened with the wrong name, an unfortunate incident involving a slamming sash window. Discover the anti-autobiography of the hilarious and impossibly long-winded Tristram Shandy.
See also: Life: A User's Manual
| ISBN-13: | 9781448191857 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Publication date: | 11/07/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 624 |
| File size: | 2 MB |
Paul La Farge revisit’s Helen DeWitt’s novel in which intellectual playfulness is at the core of a boy’s education.
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