Parrot and Olivier in America

Parrot and Olivier in America is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. The book was published in 2009 under the title Parrot and Olivier in America and in 2010 was translated into German by Bernhard Robben.

The novel tells life story and adventures of an unequal pair, a hypersensitive - snooty French aristocrat and his worldly-wise servant, homeless son of an English migrant printer, gifted engraver and avid birders clamped together the fate with the help of a shady aristocrats and Banknote forger and an overly worried mother and in has slyly the America of the 1830s.

Historical background of the novel are the social upheavals of the early 19th century, revolution and restoration in France, the old quarrels between England and France for dominance in Europe and overseas, the British penal colonies in Australia and finally the young America in its economic optimism and his Try to establish democratic structures.

Inspired is the novel by Alexis de Tocqueville's stay in America when he should explore the local prison system on behalf of the French government.

Expenditure

• Parrot and Olivier in America. Novel: From the Engl By Bernhard Robben. Frankfurt am Main, 2010. ISBN 978-3-10-010234-8