The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes

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1、ContentsCoverAbouttheBookAbouttheAuthorAlsobyJulianBarnesDedicationTitlePageChapterOneChapterTwoCopyrightAbouttheBookTonyWebsterandhiscliquefirstmetAdrianFinnatschool.Sex-hungryandbook-hungry,theywouldnavigatethegirl-lesssixthformtogether,tradinginaffectations,i

2、n-jokes,rumourandwit.MaybeAdrianwasalittlemoreseriousthantheothers,certainlymoreintelligent,buttheyallsworetostayfriendsforlife.NowTonyisretired.He’shadacareerandasinglemarriage,acalmdivorce.He’scertainlynevertriedtohurtanybody.Memory,though,isimperfect.Itcanalw

3、aysthrowupsurprisesasalawyer’sletterisabouttoprove.TheSenseofanEndingisthestoryofonemancomingtotermswiththemutablepast.Lacedwithtrademarkprecision,dexterityandinsight,itistheworkofoneoftheworld’smostdistinguishedwriters.AbouttheAuthorJulianBarnesistheauthoroften

4、previousnovels,includingMetroland,Flaubert’sParrot,AHistoryoftheWorldin10?ChaptersandArthur&George;threebooksofshortstories,CrossChannel,TheLemonTableandPulse;andalsothreecollectionsofjournalism,LettersfromLondon,SomethingtoDeclareandThePedantintheKitchen.Hiswor

5、khasbeentranslatedintomorethanthirtylanguages.In2011hewasawardedtheDavidCohenPrizeforLiterature.HelivesinLondon.AlsobyJulianBarnesFICTIONMetrolandBeforeSheMetMeFlaubert’sParrotStaringAtTheSunAHistoryOfTheWorldIn10?ChaptersTalkingItOverThePorcupineCrossChannelEng

6、land,EnglandLove,EtcTheLemonTableArthur&GeorgePulseNON-FICTIONLettersFromLondon1990–1995SomethingToDeclareThePedantInTheKitchenNothingToBeFrightenedOfTRANSLATIONInTheLandOfPainbyAlphonseDaudetJULIANBARNESTHESENSEOFANENDINGforPatONEIremember,innoparticularorder:–

7、ashinyinnerwrist;–steamrisingfromawetsinkasahotfryingpanislaughinglytossedintoit;–goutsofspermcirclingaplughole,beforebeingsluiceddownthefulllengthofatallhouse;–ariverrushingnonsensicallyupstream,itswaveandwashlitbyhalfadozenchasingtorchbeams;–anotherriver,broad

8、andgrey,thedirectionofitsflowdisguisedbyastiffwindexcitingthesurface;–bathwaterlonggonecoldbehindalockeddoor.Thislastisn’tsomethingIactuallysaw,butwhatyouendupremembe