The Only Story by Julian Barnes

The Only Story by Julian BarnesWould you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question. First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn't know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he's proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention. As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen. Tender and

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poets and resistance leaders with his own accounts as a child of a UN official and a resident of Beirut during the 1982 seige

Spain and Space

'The best young novelist - indeed one of the best novelists - I've read in years

This is exactly what happens to Blue Baker when he writes about a savage living alone in the woods near his home

and why Europe’s next refugee crisis is closer than we think

but then a very real pair of scissors threatens

Mr Watanabe has evaded the memory for most of his nomadic life

if I can prevent it

and made their own destiny

So writes Brendan Behan

When her gift threatens the gods