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Julian Barnes: Winner of the David Cohen Prize

  • FICTION

    PULSE

    MAY 1, 2011

FICTION

PULSE

by Julian Barnes

Another impressive addition to an already impressive oeuvre. Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF

    SEPT. 5, 2008

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

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... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE LEMON TABLE

    JULY 9, 2004

FICTION

THE LEMON TABLE

by Julian Barnes

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

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  • NONFICTION

    IN THE LAND OF PAIN

    JAN. 16, 2003

  • FICTION

    LOVE, ETC.

    FEB. 13, 2001

FICTION

LOVE, ETC.

by Julian Barnes

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

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