Julian Barnes





Julian Barnes

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January 19, 1946 in Leicester, The United Kingdom

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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), and won the prize for The Sense of an Ending (2011). 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 lived in London with his wife, the literary agent Pat Kavanagh, until her death on 20...more


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The Library Book aids The Reading Agency's library programmes -- From Alan Bennett's Baffled at a Bookcase, to Lucy Mangan's Library Rules, famous writers tell us all about how libraries are used and why they're important. Tom Holland writes about libraries in the ancient world, while Seth Godin describes what a library will look like in the future. Lionel Shriver thinks books are the best read more »
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Average rating: 3.69 · 33,810 ratings · 5,115 reviews · 21 distinct works
The Sense of an Ending
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 16,146 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Arthur and George
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 4,047 ratings — published 2005 — 39 editions
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A History of the World in 1...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 3,142 ratings — published 1989 — 40 editions
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Flaubert's Parrot
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 2,700 ratings — published 1986 — 40 editions
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Talking It Over
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 1,084 ratings — published 1991 — 26 editions
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Nothing to Be Frightened Of
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,017 ratings — published 2008 — 24 editions
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England, England
3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 1,283 ratings — published 1998 — 25 editions
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Love, etc.
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 2000 — 28 editions
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Metroland
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 1992 — 17 editions
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The Lemon Table
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 532 ratings — published 2004 — 26 editions
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“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.”
Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

“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

“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

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