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A detailed study of the fiction of Julian Barnes from Metroland to Arthur & George. Approachable, student friendly and comprehensive analysis of all Barnes’s novels

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Series Editor’s Foreword
List of Abbreviations
Introduction : Pleasure in Form
1. About to be less deceived: Metroland
2. Silly to Worry About: Before She Met Me
3. What happened to the truth is not recorded: Flaubert’s Parrot
4. Intricate Rented World: Staring at the Sun
5. Safe for Love: A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
6. Tell me Yours: Talking it Over and Love, etc.
7. We won’t get fooled again: The Porcupine
8. History doesn’t relate: England, England
9. Retrospectively Imagined Memorials: Cross Channel and The Lemon Table
10. Conviction and Prejudice: Arthur & George
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Julian Barnes

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 1 May 2011
      ISBN-13 9780719081064
      978-0719081064
      ISBN-10 719081068
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      Biography: writers

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A detailed study of the fiction of Julian Barnes from Metroland to Arthur & George. Approachable, student friendly and comprehensive analysis of all Barnes’s novels

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Series Editor’s Foreword
      List of Abbreviations
      Introduction : Pleasure in Form
      1. About to be less deceived: Metroland
      2. Silly to Worry About: Before She Met Me
      3. What happened to the truth is not recorded: Flaubert’s Parrot
      4. Intricate Rented World: Staring at the Sun
      5. Safe for Love: A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
      6. Tell me Yours: Talking it Over and Love, etc.
      7. We won’t get fooled again: The Porcupine
      8. History doesn’t relate: England, England
      9. Retrospectively Imagined Memorials: Cross Channel and The Lemon Table
      10. Conviction and Prejudice: Arthur & George
      Select Bibliography

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