Julian Barnes
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January 19, 1946
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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)). 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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Arthur and George by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.56 — 1,354 ratings — published 2005 29 editions |
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.89 — 1,203 ratings — published 1989 26 editions |
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Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.73 — 936 ratings — published 1984 28 editions |
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Talking It Over by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.64 — 381 ratings — published 1991 18 editions |
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Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.67 — 340 ratings — published 2008 10 editions |
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England, England by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.33 — 358 ratings — published 1998 26 editions |
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Love, etc. by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.56 — 263 ratings — published 2000 20 editions |
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Metroland by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.47 — 239 ratings — published 1980 13 editions |
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Before She Met Me by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.47 — 162 ratings — published 1982 14 editions |
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The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes avg rating 3.48 — 161 ratings — published 2004 16 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. 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)
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