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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Vintage International)

by Julian Barnes

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Publisher Comments:

This is, in short, a complete, unsettling, and frequently exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of Noah's ark and ending with a sneak preview of heaven!

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]).

About the Author


Julian Barnes was born in Leicester in 1946 and educated in London and Oxford. He worked as a lexicographer on the Oxford English Dictionary, then as a journalist for the New Statesman, the Sunday Times and the Observer. He is the author of eight novels, a collection of essays, a book of short stories, and is the first Englishman to have won both the Prix Medicis and the Prix Femina. In 1988 he was made a Chevalier and in 1995 he became an Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679731375
Author:
Barnes, Julian
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
World history
Subject:
World history -- Fiction.
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Vintage Intl Paperback
Series:
Vintage International (Paperback)
Series Volume:
2
Publication Date:
November 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.02x5.23x.73 in. .62 lbs.

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