Nothing to Be Frightened Of
by:
Julian Barnes (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780307269638 (0307269639)
Publish date: September 2nd 2008
Publisher: Knopf
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Most personal nonfiction is addressed clearly outwards; as if the writers need the assurance of public eyes to validate their experience. One thing I quite liked about this book was how internal it was: it's like eavesdropping on a conversation Barnes is having with himself, attempting to console hi...
This is NOT going to be a review of the book, because ... I don't even know why I can't review this book. I can just talk about my own experience of it. Just this time, I promise. I am so afraid of death that it cripples me. That sounds so pompuos, but it's true. I am afraid of death, because it nev...
I wouldn't have read this except that Dawn recommended (and loaned) it to me. The idea of prose/essay about death does not appeal.But I enjoyed the book. It was thoughtful and witty and literary. It's also rambly, but our thoughts about death are rather rambly, aren't they? They can't be conclus...
Autobiografija, porodična istorija, veliki esej o smrti - sve to odjednom. Štivo koje piše Barns, šezdesetneštogodišnji starac, uplašen od smrti. Veliki esej o smrti, religiji i umetnosti, provučen kroz mnoge primere iz književnosti, naročito francuske (Renara, najviše) ali i iz drugih umetnosti (sl...
I really enjoyed The Sense of an Ending and stumbled upon this book in the library and thought it would be lovely to read Barnes' thoughts on death. Unfortunately, he really only has about 100 pages worth of thoughts on death, but felt the need to extend this book to a full 243 pages. There is so ...
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