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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 on the Paris-Rouen railway to a lonely woman mourning the death of her brother on the battlefields of the Somme.nnClever, wise, reflective and imaginative, these stories are permeated with understanding of what it has meant for generations from these islands to cross the Channel.
About the Author
Julian Barnes is the author of ten novels, including Metroland, Flaubert`s Parrot, A History of the World in 10a½ Chapters and Arthur & George; two books of short stories, Cross Channel and The Lemon Table; and also three collections of journalism, Letters from London, Something to Declare, and The Pedant in the Kitchen. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. In France he is the only writer to have won both the Prix MAdicis (for Flaubert`s Parrot) and the Prix Femina (for Talking it Over). In 1993 he was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation of Hamburg. He lives in London. ISBN 9780099540151
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Pages : 224
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