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From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending, his first collection of short stories explores the vast divide between England and France. * "A witty, playful and ironic writer at the top of his form." --San Francisco Chronicle
In this collection, Barnes explores the narrow body of water containing the vast sea of prejudice and misapprehension which lies between England and France with acuity, humor, and compassion. For whether Barnes's English characters come to France as conquerors or hostages, laborers, athletes, or aesthetes, what they discover, alongside rich food and barbarous sexual and religious practices, is their own ineradicable Englishness. The ten stories that make up Cross Channel introduce us to a plethora of intriguing, original, and sometimes ill-fated characters.
Elegantly conceived and seductively written, Cross Channel is further evidence of Barnes's wizardry.
In this collection, Barnes explores the narrow body of water containing the vast sea of prejudice and misapprehension which lies between England and France with acuity, humor, and compassion. For whether Barnes's English characters come to France as conquerors or hostages, laborers, athletes, or aesthetes, what they discover, alongside rich food and barbarous sexual and religious practices, is their own ineradicable Englishness. The ten stories that make up Cross Channel introduce us to a plethora of intriguing, original, and sometimes ill-fated characters.
Elegantly conceived and seductively written, Cross Channel is further evidence of Barnes's wizardry.
| ISBN-13 | 9780679767558 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 067976755X |
| Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.19 x 0.51 x 8.00 In |
| List Price | $15.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 224 pages |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Published On | 1997-02-11 |
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