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
authorNationality Australian
awarded NSW Premier’s Literary Awards – Book of the Year 2010
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards – Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2010
characterBasedOn John Larrit – Gustave de Beaumont
linked to: Gustave de Beaumont

Olivier de Garmont – Alexis de Tocqueville
countryOfOrigin Australia
explores American democracy
French aristocracy
firstPublicationCountry Australia
followedBy The Chemistry of Tears
follows Alexis de Tocqueville’s journey in America
genre historical fiction
picaresque novel
hasCharacter John Larrit
Mathilde
Monsieur de Garmont
Olivier de Garmont
hasISBN 9780307592620
inspiredBy Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainSetting France
United States
mediaType print
narrativePointOfView first person – alternating narrators
narrativeStructure dual narrative
originalLanguage English
pageCount approx. 400
partOf Peter Carey bibliography
linked to: Peter Carey
precededBy His Illegal Self
protagonist John Larrit
Olivier de Garmont
publicationYear 2009
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Random House Australia
linked to: Random House
settingPeriod early 19th century
shortlistedFor Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2011
Man Booker Prize 2010
linked to: Booker Prize

Miles Franklin Award 2010
theme Old World versus New World
class differences
democracy
freedom
immigration
social hierarchy

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Peter Carey notableWork Parrot and Olivier in America
The Chemistry of Tears precededBy Parrot and Olivier in America