Julian Barnes
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Julian Patrick Barnes (born January 19, 1946 in Leicester, England) is a contemporary English writer of postmodernism in literature. His knowledge of the human condition is well illustrated by Before She Met Me, a tale about jealousy.
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Works (novels unless otherwise indicated)
- Metroland (1980)
- Before She Met Me (1982)
- Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
- Staring at the Sun (1986)
- A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (1989)
- Talking it Over (1991)
- The Porcupine (1992)
- Letters from London (Picador, London, 1995) — journalism from The New Yorker, ISBN 0-330-34116-2
- Cross Channel (1996) — stories
- England, England (1998)
- Love, Etc. (2000)
- Something to Declare (2002) — essays
- In the Land of Pain (2002) — translation of the memoir by Alphonse Daudet
- The Pedant in the Kitchen (2003) — journalism on cooking
- The Lemon Table (2004) — stories
- Arthur & George (2005)
- Nothing to Be Frightened Of (2008) — memoir
- East Wind (2008) — short story (appeared in The New Yorker)
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