Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Julian Barnes
Reading Guide
Characters
Tony Webster our narrator
Adrian Finn a new arrival at Tonys school
Colin and Alex school friends of Tony and Adrians
Veronica Ford Tonys first girlfriend
Sarah Ford Veronicas mother
Margaret Tonys wife/ex-wife
Author Biography
Julian Barnes is the author of eleven novels, including Metroland, Flauberts Parrot,
A History of the World in 10 Chapters and Arthur & George. The Sense of an Ending
is his most recent novel and the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
He has also written three books of short stories, Cross Channel, The Lemon Table and
Pulse; and three collections of journalism, Letters from London, Something to Declare
and The Pedant in the Kitchen. His work has been translated into more than thirty
languages. In France he is the only writer to have won both the Prix Mdicis (for
Flauberts Parrot) and the Prix Femina (for Talking it Over). In 2004 he received
the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and in 2011 he was awarded the
David Cohen Prize for Literature. He lives in London.
Bibliography
Metroland
England, England
Love, etc
Flauberts Parrot
Something to Declare
Talking it Over
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
The Porcupine
Pulse
Cross Channel
Additional Resources
Julian Barnes Official Website: http://www.julianbarnes.com/
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