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Levels of Life
Julian Barnes
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Description for Levels of Life
Paperback. Gives us Nadar, the pioneer balloonist and aerial photographer; gives us Colonel Fred Burnaby, reluctant adorer of the extravagant Sarah Bernhardt; then, finally, it gives us the story of author's own grief, unflinchingly observed. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed…
In Levels of Life Julian Barnes gives us Nadar, the pioneer balloonist and aerial photographer; he gives us Colonel Fred Burnaby, reluctant adorer of the extravagant Sarah Bernhardt; then, finally, he gives us the story of his own grief, unflinchingly observed.
This is a book of intense honesty and insight; it is at once a celebration of love and a profound examination of sorrow.
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099584537
SKU
9780099584537
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About Julian Barnes
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Levels of Life
It is extraordinary... [It] would seem to pull off the impossible: to recreate, on the page, what it is like to be alive in the world.
Emma Brockes
Guardian
This is a book of rare intimacy and honesty about love and grief. To read it is a privilege. To have written it is astonishing.
Ruth Scurr ... Read more
Emma Brockes
Guardian
This is a book of rare intimacy and honesty about love and grief. To read it is a privilege. To have written it is astonishing.
Ruth Scurr ... Read more