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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.
Bena This book is a chronicle of an era. If the character would not be as well-known, it would not catch much attention. Which is sad because the name is, …moreThis book is a chronicle of an era. If the character would not be as well-known, it would not catch much attention. Which is sad because the name is, in a way, incidental. The insight of the life and, more importantly, the mentality of the times is so true that I had to check the author's bio to see if he had lived in the Soviet Union. I had, so I know that this is how it was -- for any person. The fear, the paranoia, the adulation were the same, only the manifestations were different. Hard to believe that generations could live like that but that's is imperative to read this book. To learn about Shostakovich, yest, but mainly to attempt to understand the pervasiveness of fear through generations, maybe to never stop completely. (less)
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Nina Thanks Bena. Thanks to GR members' comments I have come to appreciate the book. I would never NOT finish a J Barnes book! ...more
Sep 21, 2016 12:54AM · flag
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Bena Good decision! I'd like to invite you to visit my site/blog appledoesnotfall.com -- a family story which means the history of the period when it lived ...more
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