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Informationen zum Autor Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen 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. Klappentext Julian Barnes is the author of twelve novels, including The Sense of an Ending , which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and two books of non-fiction, Nothing to be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life . In 2017 he was awarded the L¿on d'honneur. Zusammenfassung From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes a magnificent portrait of youth and growing up. Christopher and Toni found in each other the perfect companion for that universal adolescent pastime: smirking at the world as you find it.

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I was captivated from the first page. I cannot remember when I enjoyed a first novel more Nina Bawden Daily Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Julian Barnes
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2009
• EAN: 9780099540069
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954006-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, c 1960 to c 1969