Julian Barnes: A History of the World

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Detailed Information

  • Naxos Deutschland GmbH , 02/2008
  • Language: Englisch
  • ISBN-13: 9789626344750
  • Order no.: 2760090
  • Weight: 423 g
  • Format: 140 x 123 mm
  • Thickness: 50 mm
  • Release date: 29.2.2008

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A History of the World in 10½ Chapters tells a series of apparently unconnected stories ranging from a woodworm’s-eye-view of the journey on Noah’s Ark to an astronaut’s quest for its final resting place. There is pastiche and learned disquisition; there is heart-stopping documentary and heart-lifting revelation. But these stories are not separate. They are all linked by a complex weave of inquiry into history itself, into love, myth and fabulation. It’s about everything that matters, told with brilliant imagination, intelligence and humour.

Blurb

This is one of the defining novels of English writer Julian Barnes. An entertaining m?lange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noah's Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities and tendencies. After success with the main novels of Haruki Murakami, Naxos AudioBooks turns its attention to other major literary works of recent times.

Biografie (Julian Barnes)

Julian Barnes, geb. 1946, arbeitete nach dem Studium der modernen Sprachen zunächst als Lexikograph und dann als Journalist. Seit 1980 hat Julian Barnes zahlreiche Romane geschrieben. Für sein Werk wurde er weltweit mit zahlreichen Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet. 2004 und 2005 erhielt er den Österreichischen Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur. Julian Barnes lebt in London.

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