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Barnes compresses a lifetime into an inquiry about memory and self-serving narration.
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The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes2011 selection · Literary fiction
The Sense of an Ending
Retired Tony Webster receives a bequest that forces him to reconsider a friendship, former lover, and death from his youth. The record he trusts diverges from what others remember.
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You like short, cerebral novels whose meaning shifts as facts emerge.
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