Looking at the Sun. A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. England, England
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Looking at the Sun. A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. England, England
19.99 €
Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes—a modern English classic, "the most elegant stylist and most unpredictable master of every conceivable literary form" (The Scotsman)—celebrated his 80th birthday in January 2026 with the publication of his new (and possibly final) book, Exodus(es).
This volume brings together three classic novels by "the finest and subtlest of our literary heavyweights" (The Independent), one of them in a new translation. Featured are: Looking at the Sun—"a stunning literary revelation" (Carlos Fuentes) and "a hymn to the human imagination" (Chicago Sun-Times); A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters—"a brilliant, hilarious, profound novel that defies authority—and simply a delightful read" (Salman Rushdie); and "England, England"—"a brilliant fantasy worthy of Swift's own pen" (Economist). Here Barnes speaks with the voice of an insect that stowed away on Noah's Ark, and of an astronaut who sets out to find it on Mount Ararat; here on the Isle of Wight gathers all that embodies good old England in the eyes of the world; here, over the English Channel, a Hurricane pilot twice watches the sunrise.
This volume brings together three classic novels by "the finest and subtlest of our literary heavyweights" (The Independent), one of them in a new translation. Featured are: Looking at the Sun—"a stunning literary revelation" (Carlos Fuentes) and "a hymn to the human imagination" (Chicago Sun-Times); A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters—"a brilliant, hilarious, profound novel that defies authority—and simply a delightful read" (Salman Rushdie); and "England, England"—"a brilliant fantasy worthy of Swift's own pen" (Economist). Here Barnes speaks with the voice of an insect that stowed away on Noah's Ark, and of an astronaut who sets out to find it on Mount Ararat; here on the Isle of Wight gathers all that embodies good old England in the eyes of the world; here, over the English Channel, a Hurricane pilot twice watches the sunrise.
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