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The Sense of an Ending

The classic Booker Prize-winning novel

Author: Julian Barnes   Series: Vintage Books

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011 and a Sunday Times bestseller - this is a brilliant novel from a writer at the very height of his powers

I would urge you to read - and re-read ' Daily TelegraphWinner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school.

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011 and a Sunday Times bestseller - this is a brilliant novel from a writer at the very height of his powers

I would urge you to read - and re-read ' Daily TelegraphWinner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school.

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011 and a Sunday Times bestseller - this is a brilliant novel from a writer at the very height of his powers'A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read ' Daily TelegraphWinner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life.Now Tony is retired. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove.Now a major film

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Awards

Long-listed for Warwick Prize for Writing 2013 (UK)

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Critic Reviews

“A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending”

A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending Daily Telegraph
Mesmerising... the concluding scenes grip like a thriller - a whodunit of memory and morality Independent
A very fine book, skilfully plotted, boldly conceived... Barnes has achieved...something of universal importance -- Justin Cartwright Observer
A precise, poignant portrait of the costs and benefits of time passing, of friendship, of love. A small masterpiece -- Erica Wagner The Times
A wonderful story that is all too human and all so real Irish Times
An extremely moving, a precise book about the imprecision of memory and how it constructs people, stories and histories. -- Alasitair Bruce Guardian
From the moment that we hear from the woodworm which snuck aboard Noah’s ark to the final pages of the novel, Barnes interrogates moral dilemmas and motivations. These tales could easily be read is isolation, but are much better when consumed as a whole. WeAreTheCity
A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending Daily Telegraph
Mesmerising... the concluding scenes grip like a thriller - a whodunit of memory and morality Independent
A very fine book, skilfully plotted, boldly conceived... Barnes has achieved...something of universal importance -- Justin Cartwright Observer

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About the Author

Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life and Nothing To Be Frightened Of, which won the 2021 Yasnaya Polyana Prize in Russia. In 2017 he was awarded the Legion d'honneur.

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'A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending ' Daily Telegraph Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is retired. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove. 'Mesmerising... the concluding scenes grip like a thriller - a whodunit of memory and morality' Independent 'A very fine book, skilfully plotted, boldly conceived... Barnes has achieved...something of universal importance' Justin Cartwright, Observer 'A precise, poignant portrait of the costs and benefits of time passing, of friendship, of love. A small masterpiece' Erica Wagner, The Times

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing | Vintage
Published
1st March 2012
Pages
160
ISBN
9780099564973

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