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Oh, what a powerful story.
I want to tell you enough about it to encourage you to read it, but not so much that I spoil what happens.
The Sense of an Ending is the story of a man toward the end of his life who tries to come to terms with the actions of his youth.
It's a novella, only about a hundred and fifty pages---a story that you can read in an afternoon. I promise you that I read it in an afternoon, but I was still thinking about it many hours later.
It, coincidentally, was the perfect book to ...more
I want to tell you enough about it to encourage you to read it, but not so much that I spoil what happens.
The Sense of an Ending is the story of a man toward the end of his life who tries to come to terms with the actions of his youth.
It's a novella, only about a hundred and fifty pages---a story that you can read in an afternoon. I promise you that I read it in an afternoon, but I was still thinking about it many hours later.
It, coincidentally, was the perfect book to ...more
I found my favorite author! And probably my favorite novel from all times! Smart, intellectual, story based, profound, unbelievable good characters! It had it all.
“The Sense of an Ending,” the most recent novel by the English writer Julian Barnes, opens with a brief list of the narrator’s 40-year-old memories, along with a proviso that the last of them “isn’t something I actually saw, but what you end up remembering isn’t always the same as what you have witnessed.”
It’s the first of many such provisos in this story of Tony Webster, a 60-something retiree living near London who has taken on a difficult project: discerning what role, if any, he may have pla ...more
It’s the first of many such provisos in this story of Tony Webster, a 60-something retiree living near London who has taken on a difficult project: discerning what role, if any, he may have pla ...more
Very good writing and an interesting inner dialog going on throughout. However, I thought the story was sad....without a sense of learning from the past or redemption in any way--by the end of the story. The Characters were generally forgettable to me.
This book was frustrating and good all at the same time. I guess that is a testament to how well Julian Barnes wrote Anthony as a character. The second half of the book was impossible to put down. I was curious as to what direction it was going and what would happen. Wow, what a path that this story followed. I really enjoy and appreciate books that make me think long after I am finished and this one filled the bill.
Jul 29, 2012
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