{"product_id":"tristram-shandy-introduction-by-peter-conrad-hardcover","title":"Tristram Shandy: Introduction by Peter Conrad - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurence Sterne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bawdy, high-spirited novel--whose author, Laurence Sterne, was described by Diderot as \"the Rabelais of the English\"--provoked a literary scandal when its first two volumes were published in 1759. A masterpiece of narrative absurdity, ribald humor, and philosophical playfulness, \u003ci\u003eTristram Shandy \u003c\/i\u003eis famously studded with witty metafictional gambits--chapters out of order, blank and blacked-out pages, a preface that occurs in the middle of the book--that prefigured postmodernism by two centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTristram Shandy, the hero of this fictional autobiography, purports to narrate the story of his life, but along the way he engages in so many colorful digressions and exuberant jokes that his birth does not even occur until Volume III. In the meantime, we meet an unforgettable supporting cast of characters--including Shandy's father and mother, his uncle Toby, the servant Trim, Dr. Slop, and Parson Yorick--whose whimsical obsessions, domestic conflicts, and disastrous mishaps form the fabric of this genre-defying tour de force. With its lively exploration of both the logical limitations and the wildest possibilities of fiction, \u003ci\u003eTristram Shandy \u003c\/i\u003ehas earned its reputation as one of the greatest comic novels in English literature.\u003cbr\u003e(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed).\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its ingenious structure and its exuberant pretense of being an autobiography, Tristram Shandy fascinates like a verbal game of chess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurence Sterne was born on November 24, 1713, at Clonmel in Tipperary, Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 752\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.52 x 8.24 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175788482695,"sku":"9780679405603","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/386fd3696f6c08880a2aca3db32e2e74.webp?v=1733384222","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tristram-shandy-introduction-by-peter-conrad-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}