β Scribed by Julian Barnes
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
No one has a better perspective on life on both sides of the channel than Julian Barnes. In these exquisitely crafted stories spanning several centuries, he takes as his universal theme the British in France; from the last days of a reclusive English composer, the beef consuming 'navvies' labouring
A collection of ten short stories with a linking theme: the British in France through several centuries. It begins with a group of mercenaries raiding a Protestant village in southern France in the late 17th century, and closes with a journey on the antiquated Eurostar express in 2015.
During the darkest days of WWII, three British boys too young to join up, find themselves on the wrong side of the English Channel. Nazi-occupied France is a dangerous place. Boyhood fantasies of taking the fight to the enemy are fine from the safety of England, but the reality is far different. To
Debbie is wishing something would happen. Something good. To her. Soon. In the meantime, Debbie loses a necklace and finds a necklace (and boy does the necklace have a story to tell), she goes jeans shopping with her mother (an accomplishment in diplomacy), she learns to drive shift in a truck (ille