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Julian Barnes Quotes
Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t... Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people’s lives, never your own.
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| Birth: | 19th January, 1946 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Writer |
About
Julian Patrick Barnes is an English writer. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sense of an Ending, and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Flaubert's Parrot, England, England, and Arthur & George. He has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories.
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