Before She Met Me
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
Barnes, Julian Author
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group , 2011.
Status
Available from Libby/OverDrive
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Description
The bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending delivers “a remarkably original and subtle book” (The New York Review of Books) about the nature of love and jealousy. At the start of this fiendishly comic and suspenseful novel, a mild-mannered English academic chuckles as he watches his wife commit adultery. The action takes place before she met him. But lines between film and reality, past and present become terrifyingly blurred in this sad and funny tour de force from the author of Flaubert's Parrot.
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The novels and short stories of Julian Barnes and Simon Van Vooy will appeal to readers looking for quiet, elegantly written, and introspective tales filled with sensitive characterization and somber reflections on growing up and confronting the past. -- Derek Keyser
Both authors write leisurely paced, character-driven fiction dealing with themes of aging, memory, and personal growth. They are widely admired for their graceful prose, nuanced character portraits, and poignant meditations on the everyday struggles of human life. -- Derek Keyser
Intimate psychological portraits and bittersweet ruminations are cornerstones of the character-driven stories of Julian Barnes and Kazuo Ishiguro. Their works will appeal to readers fond of elegant prose, subtle characterization, and thoughtfully crafted themes involving memory and identity. -- Derek Keyser
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Barnes, J. (2011). Before She Met Me . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barnes, Julian. 2011. Before She Met Me. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barnes, Julian. Before She Met Me Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Barnes, J. (2011). Before she met me. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Barnes, Julian. Before She Met Me Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011.
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