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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Julian Barnes Flaubert’s Parrot and the deconstruction of biography The objective of this type of ‘biographical fiction’ is to problematise the very biographical genre. ? Normally biography is based on several principles: celebrity, authenticity, ethics and empathy. ? The second of these principles, authenticity is important. Authenticity Traditionally it is assumed that the task of the biographer is to reconstruct the historical reality with respect to a subject (the biographee) which is researched. Julian