Nina asked this question about The Noise of Time:
I have really enjoyed Julian Barnes' writing, especially Sense of an Ending, but I am really struggling with his latest. Is anyone else feeling this way? I'm so disappointed but I haven't quite finished it yet - maybe it will come together in the last 50 pages.
PBurmeister This is the first Barnes' I've read, so I can't compare it to others. I am going to share my copy with selected friends, who I think will appreciate i…moreThis is the first Barnes' I've read, so I can't compare it to others. I am going to share my copy with selected friends, who I think will appreciate its elegant and unflinching account of a life lived under extreme pressure of external and internal forces. These friends are creative people, trying to carve out spaces for being themselves.(less)
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