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A review by bkish
The Only Story by Julian Barnes
5.0
This is a very unusual very special book. It is unlike anything I have ever read and I am a major frequent reader.
This is my first book by Julian Barnes. It is fine literature
The premise or the crux of the book is a relationship between the speaker Paul and Susan which begins when he is 19 and she is I think 45. It continues to her death and him speaking as an elderly alone man. I do not understand their relationship at all. So what? He is writing about the nature of love. It is irrelevant that I as the reader cannot understand his love for her. Maybe the author did that intentionally.
This is a powerful telling of a relationship between them and between others like her and her husband and him and his few girlfriends and him and himSelf.
I will let this review rest
Judy
This is my first book by Julian Barnes. It is fine literature
The premise or the crux of the book is a relationship between the speaker Paul and Susan which begins when he is 19 and she is I think 45. It continues to her death and him speaking as an elderly alone man. I do not understand their relationship at all. So what? He is writing about the nature of love. It is irrelevant that I as the reader cannot understand his love for her. Maybe the author did that intentionally.
This is a powerful telling of a relationship between them and between others like her and her husband and him and his few girlfriends and him and himSelf.
I will let this review rest
Judy