Keeping an Eye Open by Julian Barnes
The updated edition of Julian Barnes best-loved writing on art, with seven new exquisite illustrated essays Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation.
[A] beautifully produced and judiciously illustrated collection-- Keith Miller, 4 stars * Daily Telegraph *
The essay on Lucian Freud...is completely brilliant. I feel uplifted by it... It is a wonderful book. -- Celia Paul
I became entirely mesmerised by Barnes’ prose… Keeping an Eye Open is a rich and thoughtful book that should not be rushed. These essays are too full of chiaroscuro, their flashes of illumination too fascinating, their connections too interesting for a cursory reading. * Independent *
It’s a readable, riveting, informed work with sharp, marvelous anecdotes and observations. In this beautifully illustrated book you’re in great company. Barnes is a sane and steady guide… Wonderful stuff. * Irish Independent *
Extremely rewarding, informative, attentive, thoughtful, entertaining essays. * Evening Standard *
The essay on Lucian Freud...is completely brilliant. I feel uplifted by it... It is a wonderful book. -- Celia Paul
I became entirely mesmerised by Barnes’ prose… Keeping an Eye Open is a rich and thoughtful book that should not be rushed. These essays are too full of chiaroscuro, their flashes of illumination too fascinating, their connections too interesting for a cursory reading. * Independent *
It’s a readable, riveting, informed work with sharp, marvelous anecdotes and observations. In this beautifully illustrated book you’re in great company. Barnes is a sane and steady guide… Wonderful stuff. * Irish Independent *
Extremely rewarding, informative, attentive, thoughtful, entertaining essays. * Evening Standard *
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 | 9781787332898 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787332896 |
| Title | Keeping an Eye Open |
| Author | Julian Barnes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2020-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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