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Barnes, Julian 1946-

Through the window seventeen essays (and one short story) Julian Barnes - 243 S. 20 cm

Includes index

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending and one of Britain's greatest writers: a brilliant collection of essays on the books and authors that have meant the most to him throughout his illustrious career. In these seventeen essays (plus a short story), Julian Barnes examines the British, French and American writers who have shaped his writing, as well as the cross-currents and overlappings of their different cultures. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the many translations of Madame Bovary to the fabulations of Ford Madox Ford, from the National Treasure status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, Julian Barnes considers what fiction is, and what it can do. As he writes, "Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it."

ISBN: 1448139104 ebook 9781448139101 : ebook 0099578581 (pbk.) £10.99 9780099578581 (pbk.) £10.99

Standard No.: 9780099578581

LCCN: 2013362224

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016126246 UK

Subjects--Personal Names:
Barnes, Julian--Themes, motives

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fiction--History and criticism

Subjects--Index Terms: Barnes, Julian Themes, motives Fiction History and criticism Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Aufsatzsammlung

LC Class. No.: PR6052.A6657

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92