Julian Barnes is the author of twelve novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. He has also written three books of short stories, Cross Channel, The Lemon Table and Pulse; four collections of essays; and two books of non-fiction, Nothing to be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times Number One bestseller Levels of Life. He lives in London.
It is a monumental novel capturing the struggle of art and the artist under the hand of totalitarianism. -- Julia Atherley Palatinate An extremely moving, a precise book about the imprecision of memory and how it constructs people, stories and histories. -- Alasitair Bruce Guardian Intriguing and engaging. -- David Robb Daily Express A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending Daily Telegraph Mesmerising... the concluding scenes grip like a thriller - a whodunit of memory and morality Independent