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He is sent the money and a letter from susan ford ending with. Julian patrick barnes is a contemporary english writer of postmodernism in literature. Forster award from the american academy of arts and letters. Nov, 2011 the sense of an ending is a short book, but not a slight one. Winner of the 2011 man booker prize by an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, the sense of an ending extends a. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, the sense of an ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of henry james at his best, and is a stunning achievement in julian barness oeuvre. The big revelation that tony finally comes to understand at the.
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