β Scribed by Julian Barnes
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the hairdessing salon where an old man measures out his life in haircuts, to the concert hall where a music lover carries out an obsessive campaign against those who cough in concerts; from the woman reading elaborate recipes to her sick husband as a substitute for sex, to the woman 'incarcerated' in an old people's home beginning a correspondence with an author that enriches both their lives - all Barnes' characters, in their different ways, square up to death and rage against the dying light.
All [the stories] are a joy to read as Barnes glides between forms... Each story is distinct and indelible, a tribute to the form. Above all they make you think about growing old and what, if anything, can be done about it. (Glasgow Herald )
Masterly...his best stories have a strong air of Maupassant about them...extraordinarily effective...a compelling series of vignettes of old age, executed with great skill (Daily Telegraph )
Sheer intelligence and acute observation carry the whole production...helps sustain a reader's faith in literature (New York Times Book Review )
His stories have a photographic clarity, a psychological realism that embraces extremes of feeling...with a deliciously wry streak (Observer )
Barnes's steely wit finds best expression when inhabiting the anguished and angry... Their brilliance rather plays upon our petty furies and failures, embellishing them with self-deprecatory wryness...entrancing and curiously cheering (New Statesman )
'A moving portrayal of characters facing the end of their lives and looking back with regret, resignation or defiance' Independent
Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781400076505
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