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The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel written by British author Julian Barnes. The book is Barnes's eleventh novel written under his own name (he has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh) and was released on 4 August 2011 in the United Kingdom.
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Aug 4, 2011 · In Julian Barnes’ compelling novel, a middle-aged man is forced to reconsider his life when he is confronted with his imperfectly remembered past. Tony and his clique first met Adrian at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they navigated the sixth form together, trading in-jokes, rumour and wit.
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes is a novel that explores the concept of memory and how it shapes our understanding of the past. The novel is set in England during the 1960s and 70s, a time of social and political change.
May 2, 2012 · A quick explanation of the ending of Julian Barnes’s novel The Sense of an Ending—followed by a long discussion in the comments for those who want to go deeper. First, some background: last year I wrote a review of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.
Dec 15, 2014 · From there, the book ends suddenly, leaving the reader to reconsider the whole book in that light and recasting the events, yet again, based on what we know now. Upon reflection, the book leaves a number of hints, but very little certainty, regarding what actually happened back in those days.
Oct 5, 2011 · The Sense of an Ending. Julian Barnes. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Oct 5, 2011 - Fiction - 176 pages. BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as...
The Sense of an Ending takes its name from a 1967 book of literary criticism by Frank Kermode, which studies how fiction imposes cohesive structures and coherent narratives onto what might otherwise seem like chaos, especially in uncertain times of history. Barnes’s novel is similarly concerned with how all people, not just writers, construct ...