The Sense of an Ending
Registered by 
Deepswamp
of Björkhagen, Stockholm Sweden on 5/11/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
Deepswamp of Björkhagen, Stockholm Sweden on 5/11/2010 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
8 journalers for this copy...
Winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize
The story of a man coming to terms with the mutable past, Julian Barnes's new novel is laced with his trademark precision, dexterity and insight. It is the work of one of the world's most distinguished writers.
Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they navigated the girl drought of gawky adolescence together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they swore to stay friends forever. Until Adrian's life took a turn into tragedy, and all of them, especially Tony, moved on and did their best to forget.
Now Tony is in middle age. He's had a career and a marriage, a calm divorce. He gets along nicely, he thinks, with his one child, a daughter, and even with his ex-wife. He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove. The unexpected bequest conveyed by that letter leads Tony on a dogged search through a past suddenly turned murky. And how do you carry on, contentedly, when events conspire to upset all your vaunted truths?
Bokstråle
Panzeranzi
ThursdayN
BAMP
Kirjavinkit
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Panzeranzi
ThursdayN
BAMP
Kirjavinkit
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Helt fantastisk!
Vill inte avslöja något... Men stämningen som skapades var speciell!
Vill inte avslöja något... Men stämningen som skapades var speciell!
Härligt att ha den här boken framför sig!
Åååh vilken vacker bok! =) Ser fram emot att läsa den, ska bara klara av en bokklubbsbok först. Och vilket snyggt vykort - det var Marlon som var njutningen, va? =)
This is a really cleverly written novel. I'm full of admiration of mr Barnes. By telling and retelling some memories a story turns into a completely new story. I don´t want to say anything more, not to spoil the reading for anybody after me.
I really enjoyed Arthur and George and this novel is also a gem. I'll read more books by Barnes, no doubt about that.
I hope to see ThursdayN soon! =)
I really enjoyed Arthur and George and this novel is also a gem. I'll read more books by Barnes, no doubt about that.
I hope to see ThursdayN soon! =)
To ThursdayN! =)
Seems really interesting. Thanks for passing this one on. I'll try to read it soonish... ;-)
What an excellent little book! It's a really worthy Booker Prize winner. I've some of Barnes' other books and really enjoyed them as well.
Released to BAMP. Enjoy!
Thank you! A book registered at May 11 must be a good book!
For many reasons I really loved this brilliant book!
Released 12 yrs ago (2/6/2012 UTC) at
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
On its way to Finland!
Edit 9/2 2012: Boken postades igår 8/2, låg av misstag kvar i en kasse.
Edit 9/2 2012: Boken postades igår 8/2, låg av misstag kvar i en kasse.
The book is here. Thanks!
Journal Entry 15 by kirjavinkit at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, February 25, 2012
The short novel tells a long history. The story is divided into two parts, the first one describing the narrator Tony Webster as teenager and young adult. The second part is told by the protagonist in his sixties. The same man; but evidence from the past is to change him from what he thought he was. So at first we read an unreliable narrator who then turns more reliable with the years.
When history is discussed in the class, every self-satisfied young man has his self-evident definition; later Tony remembers the line Adrian used to quote: ‘History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation’.
And still later Tony Webster realizes,
How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but – mainly – to ourselves.
This is a fine novel, well written and thought-provoking. Indeed, it provokes one to thinking, more or less, of him/herself, rather than of Mr. Webster. It is a universally effective study of memory, guilt, and remorse. At the same time, the plot makes a lot of suspense – even such a lot that one could criticize if in the end Veronica’s odd behavior is a bit implausible and just for the suspense.
@Deepswamp: Huge thanks!
I'll keep the book travelling.
Journal Entry 16 by kirjavinkit at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, February 29, 2012
This book is listed by many wishers, and I just chose an active and reliable one :)
Enjoy and keep the book moving!
Enjoy and keep the book moving!
Wow!! This is an amazing surprise!! A book from my wish list came out of nowhere, from `a total stranger`! :)
Thank you y kirjavinkit for your generosity!
Thank you y kirjavinkit for your generosity!
This was my light read for the week-end ;) I guess I had more expectations form it, but it was not that bad. All in all I did learn something out of it!
I `hate` the considered to be 2 super-smart characters A. and V. They turn out to be `stupid` ... :(
I like the narrator in his `mediocrity` turns out to be the `smart` one :)
I am content to have a sense on Julian Barnes way of writing! :) Thank you for this opportunity!
I `hate` the considered to be 2 super-smart characters A. and V. They turn out to be `stupid` ... :(
I like the narrator in his `mediocrity` turns out to be the `smart` one :)
I am content to have a sense on Julian Barnes way of writing! :) Thank you for this opportunity!
I found a new bookcrosser eager to read this book!
Enjoy it! :)
Enjoy it! :)
raluk68, the book has just arrived. Thank you very much! I will read it soon and try to keep it moving. Look out for a postcard from the Dublin Convention.
This book really caught my attention, I picked it up before I finished my main read and just read a few pages out of curiosity. I kept coming back to it until I had finished. I particularly loved part one; the memories of one narrator, which of course unravelled in part two. I thought it beautifully set up with subtle clues and hints along the way, in fact I am about to read it again before I part with it as I think the pleasure will be even stronger the second time around.
Reserved for marsala.
Reserved for marsala.
Journal Entry 22 by 
Cassiopaeia
at -- Trains, Tube, Buses --, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, May 24, 2012
Cassiopaeia at -- Trains, Tube, Buses --, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, May 24, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (5/26/2012 UTC) at -- Trains, Tube, Buses --, Greater London United Kingdom
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Taking to London meet up for marsala.
Thank you very much!! This book has been recommended to me by several people, so I can't wait to read it.
Journal Entry 24 by marsala at Ravenscourt Park in Hammersmith, Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (8/11/2012 UTC) at Ravenscourt Park in Hammersmith, Greater London United Kingdom
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Left this book on a bench in Ravenscourt Park.
