Flaubert's Parrot/History of the World Spinning & weaving He had no formal training

He had no formal training but did possess natural talent

And when her son also flees the nest for university

a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks

she discovers she’s not the only unexpected guest this year

Flaubert's Parrot/History of the World Spinning & weaving He had no formal trainingIn these two masterpieces of post modernism, Julian Barnes explores themes of identity, authenticity and history. Hardback classic edition. Flaubert's Parrot, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1984, concerns the attempts of an increasingly bemused researcher to establish certain facts about a famous French novelist and the stuffed bird which used to sit on his desk. A History of the World in 10 1 2 Chapters blends fact and fiction in a virtuoso