The wonderful Julian Barnes has delightful stories in this collection. Analyses of the soul made with rare finesse, testimonies, prejudices, expectations, disappointments, hopes.
Julian Barnes doesn't write, he brings the words together and sets the
tone, and they are sensible to always find their place in our hearts.
A few excerpts to testify to the marvel of Barnes' talent.
‘Well,’ said Jane, trying to hide a sudden
surge of jauntiness, I’ve always believed that writers get more out of things
going wrong than things going right. It’s the only profession in which failure
can be put to good use.’
…
‘Do you read those young men everyone’s going
on about?’
‘No. I think they’ve got quite enough readers
already, don’t you think?’
‘What about the young women everyone’s going on
about?’
‘I suppose I pretend a little more to have read
them than with the boys.’
‘So do I. Is that bad?’
‘No, I think it’s sisterly.’
A quote from him, but from another book - “Books
say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are
explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people
prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
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