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The Sense of an Ending
- Author
- Julian Barnes
- Narrator
- Simon Vance
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 10 March 2020
- Run Time
- 4 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present.
A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes’s oeuvre.
Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own.
But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
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Details
- Author
- Julian Barnes
- Narrator
- Simon Vance
- Duration
- 4 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 March 2020
- ISBN
- 9781980082873
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLERA novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present.A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes’s oeuvre.Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
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