Julian Barnes
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born
January 19, 1946
gender
male
place of birth
Leicester, United Kingdom
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about this author
Julian Patrick Barnes is a contemporary English writer of postmodernism in literature. He has been shortlisted three times for the Man Booker Prize (Flaubert's Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005)). He has written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh.
Following an education at the City of London School and Merton College, Oxford, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary. Subsequently, he worked as a literary editor and film critic. He now writes full-time. His brother, Jonathan Barnes, is a philosopher specialized in Ancient Philosophy.
He lives in London with his wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh.
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books by Julian Barnes
combine editionsavg rating: 3.64 | 4037 ratings | 19 distinct works
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Paperback) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.90 — 798 ratings — published 1989 22 editions |
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Arthur and George (Paperback) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.58 — 816 ratings — published 2005 21 editions |
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Flaubert's Parrot (Vintage International) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.80 — 606 ratings — published 1984 20 editions |
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Talking It Over (Paperback) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.64 — 249 ratings — published 1991 18 editions |
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England, England (Paperback) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.33 — 222 ratings — published 1998 22 editions |
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Love, etc. (Paperback) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.57 — 178 ratings — published 2000 19 editions |
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Metroland (Paperback) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.34 — 156 ratings — published 1980 13 editions |
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Before She Met Me (Paperback) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.34 — 111 ratings — published 1982 14 editions |
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The Lemon Table (Paperback) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.50 — 96 ratings — published 2004 15 editions |
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Staring At the Sun (Picador Books) by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.48 — 92 ratings — published 1986 10 editions |
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quotes by Julian Barnes
"Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people's lives, never your own."
— Julian Barnes (Flaubert's Parrot)
— Julian Barnes (Flaubert's Parrot)
"To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness - though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless."
— Julian Barnes (Flaubert's Parrot)
— Julian Barnes (Flaubert's Parrot)
""There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children.""
— Julian Barnes
— Julian Barnes
