A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters
by:
Julian Barnes (author)
Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with...
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Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It will feature writing in English from various genres and differing times. A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes is edited by Ron Middleton of the University of Reading.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780521484787 (0521484782)
Publish date: June 28th 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Short Stories
I enjoyed the book more than I actually expected to...which is of course terrific beyond belief. I'm not saying that I agreed with the most part of the ideas and beliefs presented in this book, but I was impressed by the authenticity and fluidity in which the book was written. It was devastatingly d...
Okay, yeah, this seems interesting. Rec'd by El and Jayme, and I wish you could add two names to that field. Annoying.
A curate's egg for me. Each of the chapters is really a story/essay in its own right (albeit with a common thread). The first was quasi-biblical and left me cold; the second was quasi-legal and didn't move me either. But I persevered and the stories towards the end of the book were much more enjoyab...
This is my first Julian Barnes, and as I read I was very excited to have found him. I was all set to give this a five-star rating until I reached the half-chapter alluded to in the title. It's the only section of the audiobook I played at a faster rate so I could get through it more quickly. It's no...
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