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England, England and Brexit – Quotes

On June 12, 2017April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn Quotes, Thoughts1 Comment

Below are two more quotes I picked from England, England by Julian Barnes I want to post them separately because for me they directly relate to the current situation in UK and EU even though they were published in 1998, when the world was a happier place...or was it? After various attempts at rescue, Europe declined to …

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England, England – Julian Barnes

On June 10, 2017April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews10 Comments

I only read two books by Barnes: The Sense of an Ending, which I liked, but not loved and Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art,  which I loved at the beginning, but it became a bit repetitive by the end (it's a collection of essays, so probably better suited to read over a longer period of time than …

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