Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne.epub -

If you expect a standard biography, prepare to be trolled. Tristram, our narrator, attempts to tell his life story but is so distracted by context—his father’s eccentric theories, his Uncle Toby’s obsession with military fortifications, and the very physics of how he was conceived—that he doesn't even manage to get himself born until several volumes into the book. 2. Sterne’s Narrative Anarchy

Mimicking the frantic, stuttering pace of real thought. 3. The Comedy of Frustration Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne.epub

Don't try to "finish" this book for the sake of the ending. Read it for the detours. As Tristram says, "Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine;—they are the life, the soul of reading!" If you expect a standard biography, prepare to be trolled

Perhaps literature’s most lovable eccentric, a soldier who recreates battles in his bowling green because he cannot express his emotions through words. Read it for the detours