Flaubert's Parrot

Main Ideas

• Exploration of Gustave Flaubert's life and works through the narrator's personal experiences.
• The issue of interpretation and subjectivity in literature and history.
• Juxtaposition of fact and fiction in biographical narrative.
• The theme of memory and its influence on the perception of the past.
• Ironic attitude towards literary criticism and biographical studies.
• Searching for meaning in life through the study of others' lives and works.