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The Sense of an Ending

Written by: Julian Barnes
Narrated by: Richard Morant
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Man Booker Prize, Fiction, 2011

The powerful, unsettling, and beautifully crafted new novel from one of England’s greatest contemporary writers.

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour, and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is retired. He’s had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He’s certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer’s letter is about to prove.

The Sense of an Ending is the story of one man coming to terms with the mutable past. Laced with trademark precision, dexterity, and insight, it is the work of one of the world’s most distinguished writers.

A complete and unabridged reading by Richard Morant.

©2011 Julian Barnes (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

Editorial Reviews

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011, The Sense of an Ending is written by best-selling British author Julian Barnes and narrated in this audiobook edition by Richard Morant. Friendships forged in childhood are tested to their limits when the past comes back to trouble a man now in middle age. The more his past appears to unravel before him, the more blurred it becomes. What did happen all those years ago? Nothing is as it appears to be in this haunting novel, written with masterful skill and tremendous creativity by a truly gifted storyteller. Available now from Audible.

Critic Reviews

Elegant, playful, and remarkable.” ( The New Yorker)
“A page turner, and when you finish you will return immediately to the beginning . . . Who are you? How can you be sure? What if you’re not who you think you are? What if you never were? . . . At 163 pages, The Sense of an Ending is the longest book I have ever read, so prepare yourself for rereading. You won’t regret it.” ( The San Francisco Chronicle)
“Dense with philosophical ideas . . . it manages to create genuine suspense as a sort of psychological detective story . . . Unpeeling the onion layers of the hero’s life while showing how [he] has sliced and diced his past in order to create a self he can live with. (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)
“Barnes seems equipped to write with humour and elegance about anything he turns his attention to” ( Financial Times)
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at the end you feel like having passed through a lifetime with it's enigmatic enchantments

a sense of fulfillment

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“Sometimes I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss by wearing us down, by proving, however long it takes, that life isn't all it's cracked up to be."

loved it. beautiful prose.

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Love the way Julian has narrated the story; the story feels like your story everytime..

You just don't get it, do you?

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The narrative is engaging and feels very personal. When you reach to the end of it, your stomach night churn and your heart might stink a bit, but hang in there and try remembering everything you read before and make sense out of all of it, connect the dots.

I found the narration really good, consistent, no technical errors.

Engaging and personal!

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This was a short book. I liked that the author introduced few characters saying they aren't relevant to the story, which kept it shorter. Overall it can be a very simple and straightforward story where an event happens. if I were a participant in such an event, I would have behaved like one of the characters. and that is what makes this book stand out. We all first make a decision and then justify it through our actions and emotions, blaming someone else sometimes. we bring out our own version of narration which keeps evolving as time progresses. We put too much emphasis on the actions of a successful person, and fail to see success in an average life. The story connects how an action in the past could impact many lives in the future. the story is simple, yet it stands out.

straightforward yet twisted

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