A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters - (Vintage Past)

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.

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Julian Barnes
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 08.01.2026
• EAN: 9781529972320
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-7232-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction