Julian Barnes betont: das ist keine Autobiographie! NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF ist eine unsentimentale Erinnerung an seine Familie und Kindheit. A brilliant, discursive, very funny book about death and the fear of death, god, nature, nurture and the author's childhood. The closest thing to a memoir Barnes will ever write.
Beschreibung
'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him.' Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his philosopher brother, a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that 'this is not my autobiography', the result is a tour of the mind of one of our most brilliant writers.
Rezension
" Both fun and funny. It is sharp too, in the sense of painful as well as witty... Barnes dissects with tremendous verve and insight this awesome inevitability of death and its impact on the human psyche. He also tears at your heart" Penelope Lively New Statesman
Klappentext
Paperback edition of Barnes's very funny rumination on death, the fear of death, god, nature, nurture and his own childhood. The closest thing to a memoir he'll ever write, it was critically acclaimed in hardback and a tip ten bestseller. Previous novel "Arthur & George" sold over 300, 000 copies. 'A superb new book...' "Daily Telegraph"
Biografie
Julian Barnes, 1946 in Leicester, England, geboren, arbeitete nach dem Studium moderner Sprachen als Lexikograph, dann als Journalist. Von Barnes, der zahlreiche internationale Literaturpreise erhielt, liegt ein umfangreiches erzählerisches und essayistisches Werk vor. Julian Barnes lebt in London.
