The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes - ISBN: 9781529972313
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Memory is a liar; a past revisited, a truth unraveled.

The Sense of an Ending

The classic Booker Prize-winning novel

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    13 January 2026

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Summary

A new, Vintage Classics red spine edition of the Booker Prize-winning novel, The Sense of an Ending, published to celebrate the enduring impact of writing a career that spans almost half a century.

“We live in time—it holds us and molds us—but I never felt I understood it very well.”

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, Tony Webster and Adrian Finn swore to stay friends for life. Now in middle age, a lawyer’s letter …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529972313
ISBN-10:1529972310
Author:Julian Barnes
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:13 January 2026
Weight:134g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 12mm
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Critics Review

Intriguing and engaging. * Daily Express *It is a monumental novel capturing the struggle of art and the artist under the hand of totalitarianism. * Palatinate *

About The Author

Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes is the author of fourteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Booker Prize, 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 five works of non-fiction, including Nothing to Be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for lifetime contribution to literature in 2011, and the Legion d’honneur in 2017.

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