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Julian Barnes


(Julian Patrick Barnes)
UK flag (b.1946)

aka Dan Kavanagh

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, Cross Channel, The Lemon Table and Pulse; 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. He lives in London.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Series
Talking It Over
   1. Talking It Over (1991)
   2. Love, etc (2000)
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Novels
   Metroland (1980)
   Before She Met Me (1982)
   Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
   Staring At the Sun (1986)
   A History of the World In 10 1/2 Chapters (1989)
   The Porcupine (1992)
   England, England (1998)
   Arthur and George (2005)
   The Sense of an Ending (2011)
   The Noise of Time (2016)
   The Only Story (2018)
   Elizabeth Finch (2022)
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Collections
   Cross Channel (1996)
   The Lemon Table (2004)
   Birds of Prey (2010) (with others)
   Pulse (2011)
   Bark / The Silence (2011)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Appetite (2011)
   The Fruit Cage (2011)
   Hygiene (2011)
   Knowing French (2011)
   The Revival (2011)
   A Short History of Hairdressing (2011)
   The Story of Mats Israelson (2011)
   The Things You Know (2011)
   Vigilance (2011)
   Homage to Hemingway (2015)
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Series contributed to
Vintage Minis
   Death (2017)
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Plays show
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Julian Barnes recommends
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The Man Who Wasn't Maigret (1993)
Patrick Marnham
"I doubt if there will be a better, or a better written, portrait of Simenon for a long time."
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In the Dutch Mountains (1987)
Cees Nooteboom
"A poet's fairy tale, elegant and beguilling."
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Don't Point That Thing at Me (1972)
(Mortdecai, book 1)
Kyril Bonfiglioli
"A rare mixture of wit and imaginative unpleasentness."

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Anthologies containing stories by Julian Barnes
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The Vintage Book of War Stories (1999)
edited by
Sebastian Faulks and Jorg Hensgen
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Nothing But You (1997)
Love Stories from the New Yorker
edited by
Roger Angell

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Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1984) : Flaubert's Parrot
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1998) : England, England
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2005) : Arthur and George
The Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year Best Book nominee (2006) : Arthur and George
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2007) : Arthur and George
Booker Prize Best Novel winner (2011) : The Sense of an Ending
Costa Book Awards Best Novel nominee (2011) : The Sense of an Ending


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