“Departure(s)” is novelist Julian Barnes’s last book, according to his publisher, Knopf. And while on the cover, bold as brass, are printed the words “a novel,” the protagonist is Julian Barnes, ...

s2m2nr@gmail.com A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10½ CHAPTERS by Julian Barnes is not a history such as we read in our student days. It is not your usual run of fiction, either. A medley of myth, history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author Julian Barnes photographed in London for The Telegraph - Sebastian Nevols In his new book, Departure(s), Julian Barnes ...

His first wife, literary agent Pat Kavanagh, died of an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2008, and his latest novel is an exploration on the grieving process surrounding her death Barnes also shared ...

The writer takes the spotlight at the CaixaForum literary festival with a dialogue on memory and the meaning of endings while confirming that 'Farewells' will be his last novel. "I don't feel a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Departure(s), which Julian Barnes says is his 'last book', is a memoir with elements of invention - Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Philip ...

Julian Barnes began visiting France as a child with his parents, both French teachers, and taught in a French school in Brittany for a year when he was 20. Yet, at 56, he remains rooted to British ...

Halfway through Julian Barnes’s latest book, a woman named Jean explains to the author that not all his books have worked for her. “This hybrid stuff you do — I think it’s a mistake,” she says. “You ...

In his 2008 memoir, “Nothing to Be Frightened Of,” Julian Barnes writes that he became aware of death early, at the age of 13 or 14, and that since then not a day has passed when it hasn’t troubled ...

Have you ever walked into a bookstore and felt like you needed a PhD just to pick a novel off the shelf? Julian Barnes is one of those authors who can seem a bit intimidating at first because he is so ...

In Departure(s), Julian Barnes' playful new novel about several of his lifelong obsessions — mortality, memory, and time — the author announces that after publishing 27 books over the past 44 years, ...