A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
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Publisher : Vintage Canada
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 9780307367587
ISBN-13 : 0307367584
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by : Julian Barnes

Download or read book A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters written by Julian Barnes and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a hilariously revisionist account of Noah's ark, narrated by a passenger who doesn't appear in Genesis. It's a sneak preview of heaven. It encompasses the stories of a cruise ship hijacked by terrorists and of woodworms tried for blasphemy in sixteenth-century France. It explores the relationship of fact to fabulation and the antagonism between history and love. In short, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is a grandly ambitious and inventive work of fiction, in the traditions of Joyce and Calvino, from the author of the widely acclaimed Flaubert's Parrot.


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