Cross Channel
Cross Channel by Julian Barnes, published by National Geographic Books on February 11, 1997, is a reprint edition comprising 224 pages in English. This collection of short stories delves into the complexities of the cultural divide between England and France, showcasing Barnes’s signature wit and insight. Through a variety of characters, the stories reveal the nuances of their experiences, whether they arrive as conquerors, laborers, or aesthetes, all while grappling with their own English identities.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes such as cultural misunderstanding and personal discovery within these ten stories. Barnes’s narrative style combines humor and compassion, inviting readers to reflect on the contrasts and connections that define the relationship between the two nations. Each story presents unique characters and situations, offering a diverse perspective on the shared human experience across the English Channel.
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From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending, his first collection of short stories explores the vast divide between England and France. • “A witty, playful and ironic writer at the top of his form.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In this collection, Barnes explores the narrow body of water containing the vast sea of prejudice and misapprehension which lies between England and France with acuity, humor, and compassion. For whether Barnes’s English characters come to France as conquerors or hostages, laborers, athletes, or aesthetes, what they discover, alongside rich food and barbarous sexual and religious practices, is their own ineradicable Englishness. The ten stories that make up Cross Channel introduce us to a plethora of intriguing, original, and sometimes ill-fated characters.
Elegantly conceived and seductively written, Cross Channel is further evidence of Barnes’s wizardry.
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