The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)

<h3><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>~ Collector's Edition ~ Laminated Hardback with Jacket ~</strong></h3><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A man sets out to tell the story of his life-but before he can even get to his own birth he is sidetracked by a thousand hilarious and maddening diversions. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman is less a straightforward autobiography and more a playful battle against the very idea of storytelling itself packed with wild digressions satirical wit and philosophical mischief. As Tristram wrestles with the absurdity of fate his eccentric father battle-obsessed Uncle Toby and a cast of unforgettable characters steal the spotlight in ways he never intended. Bold unpredictable and uproariously funny this novel is a literary experiment unlike any other turning even the smallest details of life into grand comedic spectacle.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A radical experiment in storytelling </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> shattered literary conventions and redefined the novel. Laurence Sterne's playful use of digressions metafiction and nonlinear narrative anticipated modernist and postmodernist techniques centuries ahead of their time. Its influence can be seen in writers from James Joyce to Virginia Woolf proving that fiction could be as much about how a story is told as the story itself. Bold irreverent and endlessly inventive Sterne's work remains a landmark in literary history challenging readers to embrace chaos and wit in equal measure.</span></p>