PULSE

The stories in Julian Barnes long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of the body, of love and sex, illne ss and death, connections and conversations. Each character is bent to a pulse, propelled on by success and loss, by new beginnings and endings. In East Wind a divorced estate agent falls in love with a European waitress, but is tempted, despite his happiness, t o investigate her past/ in The Limner a deaf painter discovers his patrons likeness after spending time among his staff. Anchored off the coast ...[Llegir més]