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History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters
Book • 2022
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters tells a series of apparently unconnected stories, ranging from a woodworm's-eye view of Noah's Ark to an astronaut's quest for its final resting place.
These stories are linked by a complex weave of inquiry into history itself, love, myth, and fabulation, told with brilliant imagination, intelligence, and humor.
These stories are linked by a complex weave of inquiry into history itself, love, myth, and fabulation, told with brilliant imagination, intelligence, and humor.
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Sean Carroll

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Holiday Message: Reflections on Immortality
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, highlighting the author's technique of deconstructing expectations, similar to cubist painters.


Anne McElvoy

Free Thinking - Julian Barnes
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as 

' bestseller, potentially due to its accessible title.


Sue Lawley


Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes
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as one of the 

novels available from the RNIB Talking Books Library.


Robert Kirkwood


Julian Barnes

Booker Prize 2011 - Julian Barnes
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in reference to a ludicrous dream of heaven at the end of the book.

Roger Bennett

Men in Blazers 05/31/18: Julian Barnes Pod Special