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
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- Publisher
- Wenku8.Net
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- zh-CN
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Edition
- 20100821
- Category
- Fiction
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