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About Julian Barnes
English essayist, novelist and short story writer
Julian Barnes is an English essayist, novelist, and short story writer. He is known for work that moves across fiction and essays, with a style that has made him a notable presence in contemporary English literature. His writing spans novels, short stories, and nonfiction essays, showing a range that has kept him widely read. On this site he is represented by 140 quotes, reflecting the reach of his work and the enduring interest in his prose.
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- “Perhaps grief, which destroys all patterns, destroys even more: the belief that any patterns exist. But we ca…”Julian Barnes
- “The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.”Julian Barnes
- “When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.”Julian Barnes
- “In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued…”Julian Barnes
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- “I've always tried to do things a little bit before they were being done by the mainstream. I challenge myself…”Tom Green
- “This is not one of your fictions where people bleed ink.”Terence Paul Winter
- “The people I believed in were people like William Lever, the great philanthropic industrialist - self-made me…”Esther McVey
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Books by Julian Barnes
Flaubert's Parrot
1984
England, England
1999
The Sense of an Ending
2011
Arthur and George
2005
Love, etc
1994