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  1. Love, etc. by Julian Barnes, 2007-12-18
  2. Staring at the Sun by Julian Barnes, 1993-09-28
  3. Metroland by Julian Barnes, 1992-10-27
  4. Conversations with Julian Barnes (Literary Conversations Series)
  5. Understanding Julian Barnes (Understanding Contemporary British Literature) by Merritt Moseley, 2009-08-31
  6. Language, History, and Metanarrative in the Fiction of Julian Barnes (Studies in Twentieth-Century British Literature, Vol. 3) by Bruce Sesto, 2001-10
  7. A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters (Cambridge Literature) by Julian Barnes, 1996-06-28
  8. Julian Barnes (Writers and their Work) by Matthew Pateman, 2002-01-15
  9. In the Land of Pain by Alphonse Daudet, Julian Barnes, 2003-01-07
  10. Julian Barnes (New British Fiction) by Frederick M. Holmes, 2008-12-15
  11. ENGLAND, ENGLAND by Julian Barnes, 1998
  12. Coffee with Aristotle (Coffee with...Series) by Jonathan Barnes, 2008-03-04
  13. Writers on Howard Hodgkin
  14. El loro de Flaubert (Spanish Edition) by Julian Barnes, 2005-01-01

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26. Julian Barnes Website
Official site. Includes reviews, bibliography, discussion board, a study resource area and information Category Arts Literature Authors B barnes, julian...... julian barnes in the Kitchen. julian barnes starts a new weekly column in TheGuardian beginning Saturday, March 1st. julian barnes Reading in Essex
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JULIANBARNES.COM Bibliography Kavanagh Discussion Board Featured Book ... Home "Why aren't the books enough?" Flaubert's Parrot
Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19, 1946. He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with honors) in 1968. After graduation, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement for three years. In 1977, Barnes began working as a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesmen and the New Review . From 1979 to 1986 he worked as a television critic, first for the New Statesmen and then for the Observer (London). Barnes has received several awards and honors for his writing including the Somerset Maugham Award ( Metroland 1981), two Booker Prize nominations ( Flaubert's Parrot England, England 1998); Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize ( FP 1985); Prix Médicis (

27. Guardian Unlimited Books | Authors | Barnes, Julian
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JULIAN BARNES
"Why does the writing make us chase the writer? Why can't we leave well alone? Why aren't the books enough?" Birthplace

Leicester, England
Education
Magdelen College, Oxford
Other jobs
Lexicographer for the OED in what Barnes calls the "sports and dirty words department"; literary, TV and restaurant critic, journalist (his Letters From London, written for the New Yorker, show his comic skill and light touch as an essayist).
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28. LESELUST Julian Barnes - Liebe, Usw. *** Literatur Aus Großbritannien - Lesen -
10 Jahre nach Dar¼ber reden treffen sich Gillian, Oliver und Stuart wieder Rezension von Daniela Ecker in der Leselust.
http://www.die-leselust.de/buch/barnes_julian_liebe.htm
LESELUST eigene Meinung schreiben Julian Barnes - Liebe, usw.
Ersch. 2000 unter dem Titel "Love, etc"
Aus dem Englischen März 2002 von Gertraude Krueger
Der Autor:
Julian Barnes, 1946 geboren, arbeitete nach dem Studium moderner Sprachen zunächst als Lexikograph und dann als Journalist. Julian Barnes, der für sein Werk zahlreiche europäische und amerikanische Preise erhielt, hat seit 1980 sieben Romane vorgelegt, darunter "Flauberts Papagei". Er lebt in London.
Weitere Titel: Flauberts Papagei / Die Geschichte der Welt in 10 1/2 Kapiteln / Darüber reden England, England Liebe usw.
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Nach 10 Jahren begegnen wir ihnen wieder: Gillian, Stuart und Oliver. Vor 10 Jahren hatte Stuart sich in Gillian verliebt, sie geheiratet - und dann an Oliver verloren, der sich ausgerechnet bei der Hochzeit in die Frau seines besten Freundes verlieben musste. Nein, es ging nicht über Nacht, damals - aber so rasch kam Oliver nicht darüber hinweg. Sogar nach Frankreich war er seinen früheren Freunden gefolgt, die mittlerweile auch ein Kind hatten. Und um ihn von seiner Liebe zu heilen inszenierte Gillian einen heftigen Ehestreit - so heftig, dass Oliver sie auf der Straße schlug. Vor Stuarts Augen. Der natürlich nicht wusste, dass Gillian wusste, dass er hinter dem Hotelfenster stehen würde.

29. Julian Barnes
Primary and secondary bibliography.
http://www.utc.edu/~engldept/booker/barnes.htm
Julian Barnes (January 19, 1946 - ) Fiction Metroland Before She Met Me Flaubert's Parrot
  • Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 1984.
Staring at the Sun A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters Talking it Over Porcupine Non-fiction Letters from London Biographical Summary (under construction) Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England, in 1946, was educated at Oxford University and now lives in London. Secondary Sources Barnes, Julian and Aurstad Oddvar. "An Affair of Sanity." Times Literary Supplement , London, England. 1984 Jan. 6, 4214, 5 Barnes, Julian and Michael Walter (tr.). "Maughams Tor, Flauberts Papagei, Koestlers Zigaretten." Merkur: Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Europaisches Denken , Stuttgart, Germany. 1987 Feb., 41:2 (456), 174-179 Barnes, Julian. "Playing Chess with Arthur Koestler." The Yale Review , Cambridge, MA. 1988 Summer, 77:4, 478-491 Fuentes, Carlos. "Dos Veces, el Sol: La Nueva Novela de Julian Barnes." Suplemento Lit. la Nacion 1988 Mar. 27, 6

30. Barnes, Julian Dagbladet :litteratur
Navn julian barnes. Født 1946 i Leicester i England
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[ 10:17 20. mar ] Kjemper mot gratisbøkene [ 07:42 20. mar ] Ruvende diktator-roman [ 13:05 17. mar ] KULTUR SISTE 10 Kim William forlot Big Brother Aldri mer Piirka Menn på randen Tunge idoler ... En hellig kriger Et England i miniatyr Julian Barnes har skrevet bok om det engelske. Men trenger det engelske England? :hele saken Et England i miniatyr «England, England» Julian Barnes - Hjemmeside med linker Navn: Julian Barnes Født: 1946 i Leicester i England Yrke: Forfatter Bosted: London Bakgrunn: Julian Barnes er regnet som en av Englands store forfattere. Han har studert moderne språk og leksikografi ved Oxford, og jobbet med utvikling av Oxford English Dictionary etter endt utdanning. Fra 1977 jobbet Barnes som litteraturredaktør og anmelder i New Statesmen og New Review. Senere har han også vært TV-kritiker i London Observer. Gjennombruddet som forfatter kom i 1984 med «Flauberts papegøye», en biografi-parodi. Barnes har mottatt en rekke priser og utmerkelser, blant annet fikk han den franske Gutenberg-prisen i 1987 og ble nominert til Booker-prisen i 1984. Frankrike ga ham dessuten en orden i 1995: Officier de l'’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

31. Barnes, Julian - Website And BibliographyPresents A Listing Of The Author's Work
Website devoted to the British author julian barnes julian barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19, 1946.
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32. Julian Barnes Website - In The Land Of Pain
Reviews. barnes, julian. In the Land of Pain. Areté, SpringSummer 2002 5-15. barnes,julian. The Art of Suffering. The Guardian (London), 11 May 2002 1.
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by Alphonse Daudet
translated and edited by Julian Barnes
In the Land of Pain by Alphonse Daudet details the author's sufferings with syphilis. Expertly translated and edited by Julian Barnes.
From the Dust Jacket
Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) was one of the most popular nineteenth-century French novelists, whose work radiated humour and good cheer. What few except those close to him knew was that for his entire adult life he suffered from syphilis, a disease both unmentionable and incurable at the time. What even fewer knew was that for the last dozen years of his life he kept an intimate notebook in which he recorded the inevitable development and terrifying effects of the disease. He described the often alarming treatments he took in the desperate attempt to defeat the disease, and wrote with comic zest about life in the spa-towns to which he was sent for a cure. Even for a time when we are more openly confessional about illness, Daudet remains exemplary and instructive, both in his lucid self-examination and in his amused stoicism. In the Land of Pain was first published by Daudet's widow in 1931.

33. LESELUST Julian Barnes - England, England *** Literatur Aus Großbritannien - Le
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LESELUST eigene Meinung schreiben Julian Barnes - England, England
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Ersch. 1998 unter dem Titel "England, England"
Deutsch 1999 von Gertraude Krueger
Der Autor:
Julian Barnes, 1946 geboren, arbeitete nach dem Studium moderner Sprachen zunächst als Lexikograph und dann als Journalist. Julian Barnes, der für sein Werk zahlreiche europäische und amerikanische Preise erhielt, hat seit 1980 sieben Romane vorgelegt, darunter "Flauberts Papagei". Er lebt in London.
Weitere Titel: Flauberts Papagei / Die Geschichte der Welt in 10 1/2 Kapiteln / Darüber reden England, England Liebe usw.
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Sir Jack Pitman vergleicht sich selbst gern mit Beethoven - ein großer Mann!
Für Sir Pitman hat die Sache erstmal nur einen Haken: er, der alles ausgeheckt hat, kann seinen Triumph nun gar nicht richtig genießen, denn seine Assistenten Martha und Paul haben ihn geschickt ausgetrickst und halten nun an seiner Stelle die Geschicke des neuen Landes in ihren Händen...
Ich hatte mich nach der Verlagsvorschau und aufgrund der Inhaltsangabe unglaublich auf diese Buch gefreut - das ausgesprochen ansprechende Cover tat sein übriges dazu.

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Julian Barnes
Work online First chapter of England, England (Spanish copy of RH site) 'A London view': Barnes in Granta Background Official website - news, discussion board and excellent links 'As a writer you decline life...' Salon interview

35. - Great Books -
julian barnes (1946), English writer. julian barnes has written nine novels.His writing has focussed on themes of history, reality, truth and love.
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Julian Barnes
English writer. Graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, in modern languages. Worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary. Barnes worked as a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesmen and the New Review. Julian Barnes has written nine novels. His writing has focussed on themes of history, reality, truth and love.
The Great Books Julian Barnes
This web page is part of a biographical database on Great Ideas . These are living ideas that have shaped, defined and directed world culture for over 2,500 years. By definition the Great Ideas are radical. As such they are sometimes misread, or distorted by popular simplifications. Understanding a Great Idea demands personal engagement. Our selection of Great Ideas is drawn from literature and philosophy science art music ... theatre , and cinema . We also include biographies of pivotal historical and religious figures , as well as contributions from women and other historically under-represented minorities . The result is an integrated multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary database built upon the framework of a Great Books Core List developed by Mortimer Adler (1902-2001) nearly 50 years ago.

36. LESELUST Julian Barnes - England, England *** Literatur Aus Großbritannien - Le
Rezension von Daniela Ecker.
http://www.die-leselust.de/buch/barnes_julian_reden.htm
LESELUST eigene Meinung schreiben
Julian Barnes - Darüber reden / Talking it over
Roman.
Ersch. 1991 unter dem Titel "Talking it over"
Diese Kritik beruht auf der englischen Originalausgabe.
Der Autor:
Julian Barnes, 1946 geboren, arbeitete nach dem Studium moderner Sprachen zunächst als Lexikograph und dann als Journalist. Julian Barnes, der für sein Werk zahlreiche europäische und amerikanische Preise erhielt, hat seit 1980 sieben Romane vorgelegt, darunter "Flauberts Papagei". Er lebt in London.
Weitere Titel: Flauberts Papagei / Die Geschichte der Welt in 10 1/2 Kapiteln / Darüber reden England, England Liebe usw.
Mehr über den Autor während einer Lesung

Drei sind einer zu viel.
Zuerst gab es nur Stuart und Oliver - Freunde schon seit Schultagen, auch wenn sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Oliver, der Extravagante mit der geschwollenen Sprache, den exzentrischen Gewohnheiten, notorisch in Geldnöten und mit einem seine Intelligenz eigentliche beleidigen Job auf der einen Seite - auf der anderen Stuart, der mit seinen knapp Dreißig schon wesentlich älter wirkt, der immer leicht unbeholfen ist, keinen nennenswerten Erfolg bei Frauen hat, eine solide Karriere als Banker vor sich hat, und im Großen und Ganzen ziemlich konventionell und langweilig ist.

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20. April 2002 von 22.15 22.45 Uhr. julian barnes "Liebe usw."
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    Text des Beitrags:
    "Stuart Hughes": "Stuart, hallo. Wir kennen uns. Stuart Hughes. Ist etwa zehn Jahre her. Ich erinnere mich sehr gut an Sie."
    Stuart liebt Gillian. Gillian liebte Stuart. Oliver liebt Gillian, die Frau seines besten Freundes Stuart. Und das alles ist zehn Jahre her.
    Oliver hat Stuart Gillian weggenommen und sie geheiratet. Gillian managt die Ehe. Oliver braucht viel Liebe. Julian Barnes: Aber - hat das Spiel erst einmal begonnen - tanzen sie alle ihren eigenen Tanz. Der Leser wird von den Romanfiguren aufgefordert mitzumachen und muss selbst herausfinden, was nun eigentlich die Wahrheit ist. Julian Barnes: Julian Barnes: Julian Barnes: (Burghard Schlicht) mehr zum Buch Julian Barnes Homepage (Englisch) Love etc. Der Film taz Filmkritik "Love etc." - Film nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Julian Barnes Wenn Sie noch mehr Interesse an Kultur haben:
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  • 38. SALON: The SALON Interview -- Julian Barnes
    By CARL SWANSON Illustration by Zach Trenholm. julian barnes is a thin, schoolmasterlyman with English teeth and a quiet, prowling English drawl.
    http://www.salon.com/weekly/interview960513.html
    Old fartery literary dish By CARL SWANSON
    Illustration by
    Zach Trenholm
    J ulian Barnes is a thin, schoolmasterly man with English teeth and a quiet, prowling English drawl. Relaxed across a small, old couch on the second floor of the house he shares with his wife, literary agent Pat Kavanagh, in a politely Victorian neighborhood near Kentish Town in London, he listens carefully and explains himself with a tutor's gravity and consideration. He is, in fact, the product of three generations of schoolmasters. Behind us, and occupying most of the book-lined room, is the biggest pool table I've ever seen. Barnes' new book is a collection of short stories (his first, if you don't count "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters," which shares certain properties with a book of short stories, but is, he insists, a novel). Called "Cross Channel," it's about the relationship between the English and the French. What with the advertisements for the EuroStar "chunnel" train posted all over town "London to Central Paris: Direct" and the "mad cow disease" scare on the continent, it's almost as if his publisher had custom-ordered a literary quickie to capitalize on current mass anxieties. But the book is actually a survey of several hundred years of cross-channel history in the form of ten impeccably constructed stories. "Cross Channel" emphasizes the reliable "otherness" of the French vs. beefeating, upright, English science and pragmatism but also a wistful longing for something another country provides, or is supposed to provide.

    39. SALON: The SALON Interview -- Julian Barnes
    An interview with author julian barnes at the Salon online website.
    http://www.salon1999.com/weekly/interview960513.html
    Old fartery literary dish By CARL SWANSON
    Illustration by
    Zach Trenholm
    J ulian Barnes is a thin, schoolmasterly man with English teeth and a quiet, prowling English drawl. Relaxed across a small, old couch on the second floor of the house he shares with his wife, literary agent Pat Kavanagh, in a politely Victorian neighborhood near Kentish Town in London, he listens carefully and explains himself with a tutor's gravity and consideration. He is, in fact, the product of three generations of schoolmasters. Behind us, and occupying most of the book-lined room, is the biggest pool table I've ever seen. Barnes' new book is a collection of short stories (his first, if you don't count "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters," which shares certain properties with a book of short stories, but is, he insists, a novel). Called "Cross Channel," it's about the relationship between the English and the French. What with the advertisements for the EuroStar "chunnel" train posted all over town "London to Central Paris: Direct" and the "mad cow disease" scare on the continent, it's almost as if his publisher had custom-ordered a literary quickie to capitalize on current mass anxieties. But the book is actually a survey of several hundred years of cross-channel history in the form of ten impeccably constructed stories. "Cross Channel" emphasizes the reliable "otherness" of the French vs. beefeating, upright, English science and pragmatism but also a wistful longing for something another country provides, or is supposed to provide.

    40. SALON: The SALON Interview -- Julian Barnes
    Old fartery literary dish julian barnes is a thin, schoolmasterly man with English teeth and a quiet, prowling English drawl.
    http://www.salonmagazine.com/weekly/interview960513.html
    Old fartery literary dish By CARL SWANSON
    Illustration by
    Zach Trenholm
    J ulian Barnes is a thin, schoolmasterly man with English teeth and a quiet, prowling English drawl. Relaxed across a small, old couch on the second floor of the house he shares with his wife, literary agent Pat Kavanagh, in a politely Victorian neighborhood near Kentish Town in London, he listens carefully and explains himself with a tutor's gravity and consideration. He is, in fact, the product of three generations of schoolmasters. Behind us, and occupying most of the book-lined room, is the biggest pool table I've ever seen. Barnes' new book is a collection of short stories (his first, if you don't count "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters," which shares certain properties with a book of short stories, but is, he insists, a novel). Called "Cross Channel," it's about the relationship between the English and the French. What with the advertisements for the EuroStar "chunnel" train posted all over town "London to Central Paris: Direct" and the "mad cow disease" scare on the continent, it's almost as if his publisher had custom-ordered a literary quickie to capitalize on current mass anxieties. But the book is actually a survey of several hundred years of cross-channel history in the form of ten impeccably constructed stories. "Cross Channel" emphasizes the reliable "otherness" of the French vs. beefeating, upright, English science and pragmatism but also a wistful longing for something another country provides, or is supposed to provide.

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