Pulse
Julian Barnes$12.75
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The bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending examines longing and loss, friendship and love, the historical past and contemporary life--all with his trademark wit and sharply observant eye--in this extraordinary collection of short stories.
A newly divorced man invades his reticent girlfriend's privacy, only to discover that the information he finds reveals his own callously shallow curiosity. A couple comes together through an illicit cigarette and a song shared over the din of a Chinese restaurant. A widower revisiting the Scottish island he treasured with his wife learns how difficult it is to overcome grief. And scattered throughout, a group of friends gather regularly at dinner parties, perfecting the art of cerebral, sometimes bawdy banter. Each story in this masterful collection pulses with the resonance, spark, and poignant humor for which Barnes is justly heralded.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/21/2012
ISBN: 9780307742407
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.19w x 0.71d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 03/11/2012 pg. 28
A newly divorced man invades his reticent girlfriend's privacy, only to discover that the information he finds reveals his own callously shallow curiosity. A couple comes together through an illicit cigarette and a song shared over the din of a Chinese restaurant. A widower revisiting the Scottish island he treasured with his wife learns how difficult it is to overcome grief. And scattered throughout, a group of friends gather regularly at dinner parties, perfecting the art of cerebral, sometimes bawdy banter. Each story in this masterful collection pulses with the resonance, spark, and poignant humor for which Barnes is justly heralded.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/21/2012
ISBN: 9780307742407
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.19w x 0.71d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 03/11/2012 pg. 28