Nothing to be Frightened Of

Julian Barnes betont: das ist keine Autobiographie! NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF ist eine unsentimentale Erinnerung an seine Familie und Kindheit.

Informationen zum Autor Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending , which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story . He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life and Nothing To Be Frightened Of, which won the 2021 Yasnaya Polyana Prize in Russia. In 2017 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur. Klappentext Paperback edition of Barnes's very funny rumination on death, the fear of death, god, nature, nurture and his own childhood. The closest thing to a memoir he'll ever write, it was critically acclaimed in hardback and a tip ten bestseller. Previous novel "Arthur & George" sold over 300,000 copies. 'A superb new book...' "Daily Telegraph" Zusammenfassung 'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him.' Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his philosopher brother, a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard.

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Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and three books of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life and Nothing To Be Frightened Of, which won the 2021 Yasnaya Polyana Prize in Russia. In 2017 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur.

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Paperback edition of Barnes's very funny rumination on death, the fear of death, god, nature, nurture and his own childhood. The closest thing to a memoir he'll ever write, it was critically acclaimed in hardback and a tip ten bestseller. Previous novel "Arthur & George" sold over 300,000 copies. 'A superb new book...' "Daily Telegraph"

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'I don't believe in God, but I miss Him.' Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his philosopher brother, a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard.