Flaubert's Parrot

I'm not really sure what to think of this book yet, I do however enjoy this novel much more than Madame Bovary. It's an interesting take on a biography, even though we can't classify as such. Having it be pastiche, i think makes it a more readable book, compared to a straight forward novel or biography. I enjoy Barnes style of going from a strictly fiction opening where we get a strong sense of presence, then he leaps to the three chronologies of Flaubert's life. By intertwining the two literary styles of both a biography and that of fiction it makes the book more engaging to the reader. Many straight biography's can become boring after only a few chapters, but by interjecting the fictitious scenes with Geoffrey Braithwaite it breaks up the boring biographical jargon and makes the novel more enjoyable to read. Excited to see what else the books hold....