Parrot and Olivier in America

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Parrot and Olivier in America is a historical novel by Australian author Peter Carey that reimagines Alexis de Tocqueville’s journey through early 19th-century America through the intertwined stories of an aristocrat and his servant.

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instanceOf novel
author Peter Carey NERFINISHED
authorNationality Australian
awarded NSW Premier’s Literary Awards – Book of the Year 2010 NERFINISHED
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards – Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2010 NERFINISHED
characterBasedOn John Larrit – Gustave de Beaumont NERFINISHED
Olivier de Garmont – Alexis de Tocqueville NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Australia
explores American democracy
French aristocracy
firstPublicationCountry Australia NERFINISHED
followedBy The Chemistry of Tears NERFINISHED
follows Alexis de Tocqueville’s journey in America
genre historical fiction
picaresque novel
hasCharacter John Larrit NERFINISHED
Mathilde NERFINISHED
Monsieur de Garmont NERFINISHED
Olivier de Garmont NERFINISHED
hasISBN 9780307592620
inspiredBy Alexis de Tocqueville NERFINISHED
Democracy in America NERFINISHED
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainSetting France NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePointOfView first person – alternating narrators
narrativeStructure dual narrative
originalLanguage English
pageCount approx. 400
partOf Peter Carey bibliography NERFINISHED
precededBy His Illegal Self NERFINISHED
protagonist John Larrit NERFINISHED
Olivier de Garmont NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2009
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Random House Australia NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early 19th century
shortlistedFor Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2011 NERFINISHED
Man Booker Prize 2010 NERFINISHED
Miles Franklin Award 2010 NERFINISHED
theme Old World versus New World
class differences
democracy
freedom
immigration
social hierarchy

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