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"Presents the eighteenth-century comic novel in which Tristram Shandy, the narrator, attempts to tell the story of his life but becomes totally bogged down in tales of his eccentric family."
Uniform Title
Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman
Imprint:
New York - Knopf , Distributed by Random House
Pages:
197
Series:
ISBN:
0679405607, 9780679405603
Call number:
FICTION STERNE 1991
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxv)
Statement of responsibility:
Laurence Sterne ; with an introduction by Peter Conrad
Characteristics:
xxix, 197 p. ;,21 cm
Author (Original Script):
Sterne, Laurence
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Add a CommentLaugh out loud funny. Absurd and literary in the tradition of The Praise of Folly. The French travelogue about 2/3 of the way through is pretty dull, I recommend skipping over it entirely and getting back to the story of Tristram's Uncle and the widow woman next door.
Since Tristram Shandy has older, more verbose language, being patient with your reading and understanding of the writing can reward you with some good laughs.
Intriguing, dense, rich and challenging, this book is ostensibly the title character's first person narrative about his life. He is easily distracted, rambles on, and contemplates everything from sex to philosophy to household mishaps. Tristram Shandy's is a lively stream of consciousness style that is decidedly precocious and modern for a book published in the mid 1700s.