Author:Margaret Drabble
Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation. In this collection of her complete short fiction from across four decades, she examines the intense private worlds and passions of everyday people.
From one man's honeymooning epiphany in 'Hassan's Tower' to the journeying fantasies of 'A Voyage to Cythera', and from the sharp joy of 'The Merry Widow' to the bloody reality of the collection's title story, these are moving, witty and provocative tales, exploring cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions, and confirming her status as a leading practitioner of the art of the short story.
Brims with sharply observed life and the author's seemingly infinite sympathy for "ordinary women"
—— Joyce Carol OatesDrabble writes so penetratingly about the female condition that it is impossible not to laugh, wince and admire
—— Amanda Craig , New StatesmanA truly wonderful collection.
—— Sunday TimesThe book relies on stylish intelligence and cool calm to accomplish its mastery… This is a coquettish book. Barnes flatters readers into feeling that they may be as shrewd, discriminating and attractive as he is.
—— Richard Davenport-Hines , SpectatorA devastatingly brilliant critic.
—— Olivia Laing , ProspectAs for the other essays, they all represent Barnes at his most engaged and, in his way, passionate... When he cares about something, you know it.
—— Nicholas Lezard , GuardianThe parallels between Barnes's essays and his fiction run much deeper. The Sense of an Ending asks to be read twice, once to listen to what the narrator has to say, and a second time to hear what he is busily avoiding or repressing, and many of these essays work in a similar way… His collection is also full of unexpected pleasures… Even the index is brimming with jokes. Such local surprises are typical of the book as a whole, which encourages readers to dip and rewards them for lingering.
—— Robert Douglas-Fairhurst , TelegraphThere are many delightful biographical and bibliographical details among the literary criticism… Two recurring themes emerge from this anthology: France and death. Barnes is a keen observer of both lands.
—— Christian House , Independent on SundayA wonderfully learned and witty guide to how fiction operates.
—— Anthony Cummins , MetroMan Booker Winner’s essays on fellow writers – magnificent.
—— Sunday Times IrelandJulian Barnes is…punctilious. Collecting up here sundry reviews and introductions he has published since 1996 about writers who matter to him, he has unified them not just with a brief introduction asserting the priority of fiction.
—— Evening StandardThe index to Julian Barnes’s new collection of essays strikes a playful note, a whimsy meant to undercut any danger of pomposity in his writing.
—— Kate Webb , Times Literary SupplementJulian Barnes reminds us what an exhilarating experience it can be to read a really good critic.
—— Jane Shilling , Sunday TelegraphA compulsive page-turner.
—— Tim Adams , ObserverBarnes’s passion for his writers is infectious.
—— Ion Trewin , Sunday ExpressBlissfully intelligent.
—— Roger Lewis , Financial TimesThe temptation to turn away is powerful, but the rewards for resisting it are considerable. These essays combine a scholarly breadth of knowledge with a powerful sense of the absurdities of the creative life.
—— Jane Shilling , Sunday TelegraphThrough the Window is a wonderful and very interesting collection of essays that rewards close, and also measured, reading.
—— Brendan Wright , Nudge
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