Through the Window by Julian Barnes

Through the Window by Julian Barnes

From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the National Treasure Status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, the author considers what fiction is, and what it can do.

So elegant is Barnes’ prose that it’s easy to overlook his comic talents..this is Barnes cementing his reputation as a lively, curious reader as well as one of Britain’s best living writers. -- Tom Cox * Sunday Times, Books of the Year *
Engaging, eloquent, entertaining and erudite... There is a capacious generosity throughout this book, and I would defy anyone not to leave without feeling both better informed and better disposed... It is rare indeed for a collection of occasional pieces such as this to inspire feelings of profound thankfulness. -- Stuart Kelly * Scotsman *
A truly wonderful collection. * Sunday Times *
The book relies on stylish intelligence and cool calm to accomplish its mastery… This is a coquettish book. Barnes flatters readers into feeling that they may be as shrewd, discriminating and attractive as he is. -- Richard Davenport-Hines * Spectator *
A devastatingly brilliant critic. -- Olivia Laing * Prospect *

Julian Barnes is the author of fourteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Booker Prize, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and five works of non-fiction, including Nothing to Be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for lifetime contribution to literature in 2011, and the Légion d'honneur in 2017.

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ISBN 13	9780099578581
ISBN 10	0099578581
Title	Through the Window
Author	Julian Barnes
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2012-11-01
Number of pages	256
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