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Staring at the Sun
Staring at the Sun
Author: Julian Barnes
In his first book since the wonderful Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes examines the life of a very ordinary woman and finds in it a world of everyday miracles. — From her girlhood in the 1920s to her flight into the sun in the year 2021, Jean Serjeant, Barnes's heroine, confronts her century with an insatiable curiosity. For Jean, the tru...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060971489
ISBN-10: 0060971487
Publication Date: 4/1988
Pages: 197
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Interestingly 'odd' story. I really enjoyed the story from Jean's, the main character, view point. I didn't care for the parts that were from the view of Gregory, the son. If I was to edit this book I would chop all his parts out. However having enjoyed J Barnes' History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters, the same sharp wit that I was expecting came at the end of the book when the son was contemplating God. Those three pages of the son's view I would not cut out . . . it would make a great highschool debate club presentation!


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