The Sense of an Ending

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A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending * Daily Telegraph * Mesmerising... the concluding scenes grip like a thriller - a whodunit of memory and morality * Independent * A very fine book, skilfully plotted, boldly conceived... Barnes has achieved...something of universal importance -- Justin Cartwright * Observer * A precise, poignant portrait of the costs and benefits of time passing, of friendship, of love. A small masterpiece -- Erica Wagner * The Times * A wonderful story that is all too human and all so real * Irish Times * An extremely moving, a precise book about the imprecision of memory and how it constructs people, stories and histories. -- Alasitair Bruce * Guardian * Intriguing and engaging. * Daily Express * It is a monumental novel capturing the struggle of art and the artist under the hand of totalitarianism. * Palatinate * From the moment that we hear from the woodworm which snuck aboard Noah's ark to the final pages of the novel, Barnes interrogates moral dilemmas and motivations. These tales could easily be read is isolation, but are much better when consumed as a whole. * WeAreTheCity * A masterpiece... I would urge you to read - and re-read - The Sense of an Ending * Daily Telegraph *