{"product_id":"tristram-shandy-paperback-1","title":"Tristram Shandy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurence Sterne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCedric Watts\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eCedric Watts\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaurence Sterne's \u003cem\u003eThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman\u003c\/em\u003e is a huge literary paradox, for it is both a novel and an anti-novel. As a comic novel replete with bawdy humour and generous sentiments, it introduces us to a vivid group of memorable characters, variously eccentric, farcical and endearing. As an anti-novel, it is a deliberately tantalising and exuberantly egoistic work, ostentatiously digressive, involving the reader in the labyrinthine creation of a purported autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis mercurial eighteenth-century text thus anticipates modernism and postmodernism. Vibrant and bizarre, \u003cem\u003eTristram Shandy\u003c\/em\u003e provides an unforgettable experience. We may see why Nietzsche termed Sterne 'the most liberated spirit of all time'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 452\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165622145159,"sku":"9781853262913","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/83243bb7c628dbcd597c43510cc695e8.webp?v=1733315013","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tristram-shandy-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}