Julian Barnes

Books by Julian Barnes

Arthur And George

by Julian Barnes
- Hardcover, 385 pages
The Sense Of An Ending

by Julian Barnes
- Paperback, 163 pages
Pulse

Stories

by Julian Barnes
- Paperback, 227 pages
Nothing to Be Frightened Of

by Julian Barnes
- Hardcover, 243 pages

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Mind And Body: Inside Memory, Grief, Boxing And The Brain

June 07, 2012 8:00 AM

Julian Barnes returns with a Booker Prize-winning novel while Michael Parker wins big praise for his historical story set in North Carolina. In nonfiction, there are memoirs by writer Joan Didion and boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, plus David M. Eagleman looks into the secret life of the brain.

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

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Facing The Facts: In The Courtroom, In Politics, In War And In Love

February 29, 2012 6:06 PM

Former Los Angeles prosecutor Marcia Clark debuts as a mystery writer, and Julian Barnes returns with stories of love. Robert Putnam and David Campbell look at American religion, Ron Rosenbaum warns of the potential for nuclear war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan.

Best Books Of 2011

Conversation Starters: 2011's Top 5 Book Club Picks

by Lynn Neary

December 07, 2011 8:11 AM

These character-driven novels featuring fracturing families, intrepid scientists and one very plucky early American heroine will spark lively debate on everything from the unreliability of memory to scientific ethics.

Best Books Of 2011

What Sticks: Five 2011 Books That Stay With You

by Heller McAlpin

December 01, 2011 7:37 AM

This year, the best books are those that remain with readers long after they turn the last page. Whether a sprawling nonfiction narrative, a riveting first novel or a wrenching memoir, these keepers are unforgettable.

Author Interviews

Speak, Memory: 'An Ending' That Uncovers The Past

by NPR Staff

November 19, 2011 2:57 AM

Julian Barnes' Man Booker award-winning The Sense of an Ending investigates the power of self-delusion and how our memories are more edited than we believe.

Monkey See

Report From England: Happy 'Ending' To Man Booker Prize Controversies

by Ellah Allfrey

October 19, 2011 8:14 AM

In England, where sniping at Booker Prize finalists is a national sport, this year's bickering was especially fierce. But last night's award of the prize to Julian Barnes' absorbing, elegant The Sense of an Ending provided ... just that.

The fourth time is the charm for Julian Barnes, winner of this year's Man Booker Prize. Barnes, 65, was shortlisted for the Booker three times in the past: for Arthur and George in 2005, England, England in 1998 and Flaubert's Parrot in 1984.

Book Reviews

Julian Barnes Searches For 'Sense' In A Hazy 'Ending'

by Heller McAlpin

October 13, 2011 7:56 AM

When divorced Tony Webster receives an unexpected inheritance, he's pulled back into the past, to the end of his first relationship and the boyhood friend who picked up where he left off. Barnes tells a quietly devastating tale of memory, aging, time and remorse in The Sense of an Ending.

Julian Barnes is the author of Metroland, Flaubert's Parrot and England, England.

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Julian Barnes Finds The 'Pulse' Of Heartache

by Heller McAlpin

May 05, 2011 7:00 AM

Barnes' graceful, conversational collection of stories deftly probes love, loss and matters of the heart. His diverse characters span countries and centuries, and with sharp, engaging dialogue they grapple with what it means to fall in — and stay in — love.

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Julian Barnes' Brisk Inquiry Into Death's Meaning

by John Freeman

September 22, 2008 4:40 PM

How do we live with the knowledge that death comes to all? Julian Barnes mixes memoir with philosophy as he zigzags briskly through the scientific, religious and emotional significance of living finite lives.

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The Birth of a Detective: 'Arthur and George'

by Maureen Corrigan

January 26, 200612:10 PM

An infamous case of wrongful conviction — which took the efforts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to resolve — is the subject of the new novel from Julian Barnes. Arthur and George vividly details how the lives of two utter strangers intersected in what was known as "the Great Wyrley Outrages."

Detail from the cover of 'Arthur and George'

Author Interviews

A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'

Arthur Fiala, shown here in 1918 and 2005, was a private in the 26th Company of the 20th Engineers Regiment during World War I.

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