TITLE: The Sense of an Ending
AUTHOR: Julian Barnes
BINDING: Hardcover, with Dust Jacket
PUBLICATION DETAILS:
Published by Alfred A. Knopf (New York 2012)
Copyright 2011 by Julian Barnes
First American Edition, First Printing
ISBN: 978030795712
Collectible First American Edition, First Printing of this Booker Prize Winner
AWARDS:
Man Booker Prize Winner 2011
CONDITION:
New & Crisp; in very fine unread condition, in very fine unclipped pictorial
dust jacket; with very light rub to top flap-fold corners; no noticeable fault
to book cover; very light dust to text block edges, 2 small light rounded damp marks bottom of page 5, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked; spine is solid, binding tight. 5 ½” x 7 ¾” – 163 pages.
SYNOPSIS:
[The Sense of an Ending is] the story of a man coming to terms with the
mutable past … Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they navigated the girl drought of gawky adolescence together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumor and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they swore to stay friends forever. Until Adrian's life took a turn into tragedy, and all of them, especially Tony, moved on and did their best to forget ...
Now Tony is in middle age. He's had a career and a marriage, a calm divorce ... He's certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is
imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer's letter is about to
prove. The unexpected bequest conveyed by that letter leads Tony on a dogged search through a past suddenly turned murky. And how do you carry on, contentedly, when events conspire to upset all your vaunted truths?
BOOK REVIEW:
“Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending has the markings of a classic of English literature. It is exquisitely written, subtly plotted, and reveals new depths with each reading.” – Stella Rimington, Chair of the 2011 Man Booker Prize