STARING AT THE SUN
JULIAN BARNES
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| Book Description |
| A fighter pilot, high above the English Channel in 1941, watches the sun rise; he descends 10,000 feet and then, to his amazement, finds the sun beginning to rise again. With this haunting image Julian Barnes' novel begins. It charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginnings as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020. We follow her bruising experience in marriage, her questioning of male truths, her adventures in motherhood and in China; we learn the questions she asks of life and the often unsatisfactory answers it provides. |
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| Julian Barnes Award Stats |
| Major Prize* Nominations |
6 |
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| Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* |
5 |
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| Pulitzer Prize Wins |
0 |
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| Pulitzer Prize Nominations |
0 |
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| National Book Critics Circle Award Wins |
0 |
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| National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations |
0 |
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| National Book Award Wins |
0 |
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| National Book Award Nominations |
0 |
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| Man Booker Prize Wins |
1 |
The Sense of an Ending · |
| Man Booker Prize Nominations |
4 |
England, England · Flaubert's Parrot · Arthur & George · The Sense of an Ending · |
| PEN/Faulkner Award Wins |
0 |
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| PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations |
0 |
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*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award
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7 reviews (1987) (208p)
34 reviews (2008) (256p)
27 reviews (2004) (256p)
