tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post2055266386866943909..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: The Sense of an EndingSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-35587574600920258922013-04-22T13:14:45.860-05:002013-04-22T13:14:45.860-05:00We live life with the assumption that age and time...We live life with the assumption that age and time erode our memories of the past - that pain mitigates, and joy too looses it's ecstasy. If it sounds like a gross generalization, at least this is what I, as a 26 year old, had so long believed. In this poignant and tragic account of a 60 year old looking back at his life - indeed, all the way back to his school days - Julian Barnes (or ratherMeerahttp://shayari.co.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-91644562142048694862012-01-16T17:21:11.160-06:002012-01-16T17:21:11.160-06:00Barnes is certainly not for everyone (but, then, w...Barnes is certainly not for everyone (but, then, who is?), Deniz, but I do generally enjoy reading him. I have, though, not read "England, England," and I'm sorry to hear that it disappointed you. I need to take a look at that one sometime.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-30225797148686550962012-01-15T21:39:42.659-06:002012-01-15T21:39:42.659-06:00I'm really looking forward to this one. I mis...I'm really looking forward to this one. I miss reading Barnes - I stopped after the disappointment of England, England, but I've loved so many of his books that it's time I went back.Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com