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Before She Met Me
- Author
- Julian Barnes
- Narrator
- David Bark-Jones
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 27 August 2020
- Run Time
- 5 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011
Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre film actress. Soon Graham is pouncing on old clues, examining her books for inscriptions from past lovers, frequenting cinemas and poring over the bad movies she appeared in. It's not that he blames Anne for having a past before they met, but history has always mattered to him...
© Julian Barnes 1982 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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A short and brutally brilliant novel about a relationship ruined by jealousy, this is packed with acute observations about the nature of love
Metro
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Frighteningly plausible... stunningly well done
Guardian
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Funny, sad and faintly ominous...making jealousy tangible and dangerous
Spectator
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An intelligent and addictive entertainment... Mr Barnes has succeeded in writing one of those books that keep us up until 2am reading just one chapter more... few will be able to resist its easy humour and almost insidious readability
New York Times Book Review
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Compelling
Daily Express
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Concise and witty about psychology, ideas and love, in all its many forms
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Julian Barnes
- Narrator
- David Bark-Jones
- Duration
- 5 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9781473584280
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre film actress. Soon Graham is pouncing on old clues, examining her books for inscriptions from past lovers, frequenting cinemas and poring over the bad movies she appeared in. It's not that he blames Anne for having a past before they met, but history has always mattered to him...© Julian Barnes 1982 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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