{"product_id":"through-the-window-julian-barnes-9780345805508","title":"Through the Window","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending\u003c\/i\u003e and one of Britain's greatest writers: a brilliant collection of essays on the books and authors that have meant the most to him throughout his illustrious career. - \"[A] blissfully intelligent gathering of literary essays.\" --\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these seventeen essays (plus a short story and a special preface, \"A Life with Books\"), Julian Barnes examines the British, French and American writers who have shaped his writing, as well as the cross-currents and overlappings of their different cultures. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the many translations of Madame Bovary to the fabulations of Ford Madox Ford, from the National Treasure status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, Julian Barnes considers what fiction is, and what it can do. As he writes, \"Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 034580550X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345805508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.29w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/2012","brand":"Julian Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45476843094271,"sku":"9780345805508","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61c32990-5896-4460-877f-84876c34334d.jpg?v=1715918319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/through-the-window-julian-barnes-9780345805508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}