Awards
The Man Booker Prize (nominee)
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The Man Booker Prize (nominee)
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?
Genre: General Fiction
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?
Genre: General Fiction
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Hardback Editions
January 2012 : Hardback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 1-61173-325-1 / 9781611733259 (USA edition) Publisher: Center Point Pub Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending (Borzoi Books) Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 0-307-95712-8 / 978-0-307-95712-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 0-224-09415-7 / 978-0-224-09415-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 0-307-36081-4 / 978-0-307-36081-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Canada Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending [Deckle Edge] (Vintage International) Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 0-307-94772-6 / 978-0-307-94772-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 1-4458-9168-9 / 978-1-4458-9168-2 Publisher: Paragon Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 0-09-956497-1 / 978-0-09-956497-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
March 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 0-09-957033-5 / 978-0-09-957033-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 0-307-36082-2 / 978-0-307-36082-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Canada Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
January 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 1-60998-798-5 / 9781609987985 (USA edition) Publisher: AudioGO Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: The Sense of an Ending Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 0-7927-8464-2 / 978-0-7927-8464-7 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon More details... |
August 2011 : Audio CD
| Title: The Sense of an Ending (BBC Audio) Author(s): Julian Barnes ISBN: 1-4084-7078-0 / 978-1-4084-7078-7 (UK edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
October 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Sense of an Ending (Borzoi Books) Author(s): Julian Barnes Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon More details... |
August 2011 : Kindle edition
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