The Only Story

Name: The Only Story
Brand: Barnes, Julian
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Rating: 3.5 (334 reviews)

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Présentation de l'éditeur **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of fiction’s greatest mappers of the human heart. Revue de presse A novelist at the height of his powers ... Quietly devastating. -- Robert Douglas-Fairhurst ― The Times Exquisite. -- Kate Clanchy ― Guardian Emotionally acute, profoundly beautiful, as droll as it is deep... this has to be one of the smartest novels that 2018 has to offer. -- Hephzibah Anderson ― Mail on Sunday A gentle, bleak, and brilliant novel. -- Jon Day ― Financial Times Immensely powerful. -- Alex Clark ― New Statesman Quatrième de couverture Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question. First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention. As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen. Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of Britain's greatest mappers of the human heart. Biographie de l'auteur Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life and The Man in the Red Coat, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Duff Cooper Prize. In 2017 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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4ème de couverture

Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question. First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention. As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen. Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of Britain's greatest mappers of the human heart.Biographie de l'auteurJulian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, includingThe Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, andSunday Times bestsellersThe Noise of Time andThe Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including theSunday Times number one bestsellerLevels of Life andThe Man in the Red Coat, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Duff Cooper Prize. In 2017 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur.

Barnes, Julian

The Only Story

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Présentation de l'éditeur **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of fiction’s greatest mappers of the human heart. Revue de presse A novelist at the height of his powers ... Quietly devastating. -- Robert Douglas-Fairhurst ― The Times Exquisite. -- Kate Clanchy ― Guardian Emotionally acute, profoundly beautiful, as droll as it is deep... this has to be one of the smartest novels that 2018 has to offer. -- Hephzibah Anderson ― Mail on Sunday A gentle, bleak, and brilliant novel. -- Jon Day ― Financial Times Immensely powerful. -- Alex Clark ― New Statesman Quatrième de couverture Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question. First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention. As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen. Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of Britain's greatest mappers of the human heart. Biographie de l'auteur Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life and The Man in the Red Coat, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Duff Cooper Prize. In 2017 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Détails du livre

Titre complet

The Only Story

Auteur

Editeur

Format

Broché

Publication

06 février 2019

Pages

224

Taille

17.8 x 11.2 x 1 cm

Poids

380

ISBN-13

9781529110661

Contenu

4ème de couverture

Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question. First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention. As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen. Tender and wise, The Only Story is a deeply moving novel by one of Britain's greatest mappers of the human heart.Biographie de l'auteurJulian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, includingThe Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, andSunday Times bestsellersThe Noise of Time andThe Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including theSunday Times number one bestsellerLevels of Life andThe Man in the Red Coat, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Duff Cooper Prize. In 2017 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur.