Julian Barnes: Contemporary Critical Perspectives

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Julian Barnes is one of the most refined British writers and distinguished intellectuals of his generation whose rich body of work has been awarded many literary prizes both in the UK and abroad. This critical guide provides a wide range of current critical perspectives on Barnes' work.

Sebastian Groes is Lecturer in English Literature at Roehampton University, UK. Peter Childs is Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Gloucestershire. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in 2004.

This welcome new assessment of Barnes's ground-breaking work and achievement takes scholarly analysis of his oeuvre to a new level, offering insights into the genesis of some of his novels and a new perspective on his complex uses of historical and biographical fact and fictional invention. -- Brian Finney, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Long Beach, USA