Julian Barnes: Winner of the David Cohen Prize

FICTION

Released: May 1, 2011

PULSE

by Julian Barnes

"Another impressive addition to an already impressive oeuvre. "

Elegance and versatility--those familiar Barnes strengths define this latest story collection from the distinguished British author. Read full book review >

Cover art for NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF

NONFICTION

Released: Sept. 5, 2008

NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF

by Julian Barnes

"Gentle and lucid--a welcome change from the polemical tone of so many books on the matter (or antimatter, if you like) of the big guy upstairs."

Life's a bichon, and then you die. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Jan. 10, 2006

ARTHUR AND GEORGE

by Julian Barnes

"A triumph."

British author Barnes's deeply satisfying tenth novel, based on a turn-of-the-century cause célèbre. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: July 9, 2004

THE LEMON TABLE: STORIES

by Julian Barnes

"Fine stories, well rounded and grounded. Six of the eleven have appeared in The New Yorker."

Eleven old-fashioned stories that take their time but are riveting, muscular, and real. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Jan. 16, 2003

IN THE LAND OF PAIN

by Alphonse Daudet, translated by Julian Barnes, edited by Julian Barnes

"Harrowing and altogether memorable."

For devoted readers of Elaine Scarry's The Body in Pain and Baudelaire's fevered journals, a 19th-century account of slow death by syphilis. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Feb. 13, 2001

LOVE, ETC.

by Julian Barnes

"Intelligent and skillful probings of marriage, love, and all that follows as the disappointing years drag on."

Barnes (England, England, 1999, etc., etc.) goes back to his 1991 ménage à trois (Talking It Over) with results that seem slight at first but deepen satisfyingly. Read full book review >

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Julian Barnes: Winner of the David Cohen Prize