From Julian Barnes' "Flaubert's Parrot", chapter 9, The Flaubert Apocrypha. His Autobiography: "One day, if I write my memoirs - the only thing I shall write well, if ever I put myself to the task of doing it - you will find a place in them, and what a place! For you have blown a … Continue reading The books Gustave Flaubert never wrote #WritersWednesday
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Of Fred and Sarah, #quote from Julian Barnes “Levels of Life”
The next evening, he watched her performance, came to her dressing room, and saw many of the same faces. He made sure to pay proper attention to Mme Guérard: having been in foreign courts before, he knew to recognise the power behind the throne. Soon - much sooner than the fiercest optimism could have imagined … Continue reading Of Fred and Sarah, #quote from Julian Barnes “Levels of Life”
#amreading: The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes
“You get towards the end of life - no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of the likelihood of change in that life. You are allowed a long moment to pause, time enough to ask the question: what else have I done wrong?” ~ Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending I … Continue reading #amreading: The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes