Titre : |
Parrot & Olivier in America |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Peter CAREY, Auteur |
Editeur : |
Vintage |
Année de publication : |
2009 |
Importance : |
381 p. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-307-47601-2 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
823 Fiction |
Résumé : |
Olivier - an improvisation of the life of Alexis de Tocqueville - is an aristrocrat born just after the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English engraver.Their lives are joined when Olivier sets sail for the New World to save his neck from one more revolution and Parrot is sent with him as spy, protector, foe and foil. |
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