In his widely acclaimed new collection of stories, Julian Barnes addresses what is perhaps the most poignant aspect of the human condition: growing old. The characters in The Lemon Table are facing the ends of their lives?some with bitter regret, others with resignation, and others still with defian
Lemon Table
โ Scribed by Barnes, Julian
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2004;2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
In this collection of stories - the theme of which is "rage in age" - it
is permissible - indeed obligatory - to talk about death at the "lemon
table", and each of Julian Barnes' characters is facing death, but each
in a very different way.
Genre : Fiction.General
Formats : EPUB
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