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In this illuminating collection of essays on art, Barnes turns his narrative gifts toward some of the most important paintings in the Western canon, eloquently voicing our reactions to these images—what they cause us to think and feel, and why. These essays are a...

In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' intellectual shopping: a prince, a count, and a commoner with an Italian name. In time, each of these men would achieve a certain level of renown, but who were they...

This is a highlight of Julian Barnes’ work. It has received several awards and is considered the novel that made him an essential author. Barnes mixes fiction and reality in an elegant masterpiece with a riveting plot. This is not only a book about...

Julian Barnes, one of the most famous contemporary English writers, tells an exquisite story about his funny experiences and adventures among pans, his successes and defeats. This is a pleasant book cooked with clever humor and it is an essential reading for those who...

In 1936, Shostakovich, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia, Shostakovich reflects on his predicament, his personal history, his parents, various women...

Winner of the Man Booker Prize, this novel follows Tony Webster, a middle-aged man, as he contends with his past. He has built a life for himself; he has a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter. But when he...

Neil, the narrator, is a middle-aged man who hasn't been doing too well either personally or professionally. If there is something that he remembers with enthusiasm, it is the Culture and Civilization classes that he received from an exceptional teacher: Elizabeth Finch. Intelligent and...

Imagine an England where all the pubs are quaint, where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry. This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks...

One summer in the sixties, in a staid suburb south of London, nineteen-year-old Paul comes home from university and is urged by his mother to join the tennis club. There he’s partnered with Susan Macleod, a fine player who’s forty-eight, confident, witty, and married,...

In this elegant triptych of history, fiction, and memoir, Julian Barnes has written about ballooning and photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and tearing them apart. Powerfully rendered, this searing work confirms the author as an unparalleled magus...