Nothing to be Frightened of - J. Barnes
Nothing to be Frightened of - J. Barnes ‘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 brother (a philosopher), a…
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Nothing to be Frightened of - J. Barnes
‘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 brother (a philosopher), 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. Now, nearly thirty years later, he returns to the subject in a wise , funny and constantly surprising book, which defies category and classification. Though he warns us that ‘this is not my autobiography’, the result is a tour of the mind of one of our most brilliant writers.When Angela Carter reviewed Barnes’ first novel, Metroland, she praised the mature way he wrote about death.