The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne [U.K. PAPERBACK] 1970 • Penguin

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne

VINTAGE U.K. PAPERBACK [1970] PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY

2nd Penguin English Library printing.

Nice U.K.paperback with decorative endpapers printed on undersides of cover.

Cover shows light shelf wear.

Book reads like new;  a name of prev. owner written neatly atop first page.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Endlessly digressive, boundlessly imaginative and unmatched in its absurd and timeless wit

Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel.

Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. A joyful celebration of the endless possibilities of the art of fiction, Tristram Shandy is also a wry demonstration of its limitations.