The Only Story

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Would you rather love the , and suffer the or love the less, and suffer the less That is, I think, finally, the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn t know anything about that at nineteen At nineteen, he s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.Tender and profound, The Only Story is an achingly beautiful novel by one of fiction s greatest mappers of the human heart. Best Read [ The Only Story ] By [ Julian Barnes ] – kino-fada.fr Would you rather love the , and suffer theor love the less, and suffer the less That is, I think, finally, the only real question You may point out correctly that it isn t a real question Because we don t have the choice If we had the choice, then there would be a question But we don t, so there isn t Who can control how much they love If you can control it, then it isn t love I don t know what you call it instead, but it isn t love .Thus begins the latest novel by one ofWould you rather love the , and suffer theor love the less, and suffer the less That is, I think, finally, the only real question You may point out correctly that it isn t a real question Because we don t have the choice If we had the choice, then there would be a question But we don t, so there isn t Who ...This is Julian Barnes s latest offering, an author I absolutely adore It is a profound and moving love story, and the complexities, intense suffering and heartbreak that accompanies it It has Paul looking back on his only story, the love of his life, and his shifting perspectives as time passes Barnes can be relied on for his well crafted beautiful prose and imagery, underscored by a musicality that beguiles and delights The novel is split into three parts, and relates the story of 19 year o This is Julian Barnes s latest offering, an au...I d forgotten how contemplative and funny Julian Barnes is The mood of this novel is nostalgic and retrospective but not saccharine That a book so touching and tragic could be so ironic and amusing, and helplessly sad, and then end on a cold, blunt note struck me as realistic and sort of wonderful I really admired the final pages I don t think it should have ended any other way Our lives are often disastrous and heart breaking, our minds flit back and forth, and sometimes we are cold and I d forgotten how contemplative and funny Julian Barnes is The mood of this novel is nostalgic and retrospective but not saccharine That a book so touching and tragic could be so ironic and amusing, and helplessly sad, and then end on a cold, blunt note struck me as realistic and sort of wonderful I really admired the final pages I don t think it should have ended any other way Our lives are often disastrous and heart breaking, our minds flit back and forth, and sometimes we are cold and cruel, and sometimes we just appear that way, and sometimes we are so young, and almost always we get broken, and this looking back and pickin...2.5 stars rounded upI declared 2017 the Julian Barnes year on account of reading and loving seven of his books The Sense of An Ending, while it is one of his most popular books, was my least favourite novel of his The Only Story is somewhat similar to that one, as it has an older narrator, Paul, reminiscing about his nineteen year old self in the 1960s and his first love and relationship with Susan, a woman twenty nine years his senior You read that right Honestly, I didn t have any qualms ab 2.5 stars rounded upI declared 2017 the Julian Barnes year on account of reading and loving seven of his books The Sense of An Ending, while it is one of his most popular books, was my least favourite novel of his The Only Story is somewhat similar to that one, as it has an older narrator, Paul, reminiscing about his nineteen year old self in the 1960s and his first love and relationship with Susan, a woman twenty nine years his senior You read that right Honestly, I didn t have any qualms about that, I read books about younger men being seduced by older wom...Leaving this unrated I ve made it to 30% and this is an author I usually adore His writing is wonderful as always but the plot just doesn t appeal Quite frankly, I m bored and just can t continue reading this When a book is ...Most of us have only one story to tell I don t mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives there are countless events, which we turn into countless stories But there s only one that matters, only one finally worth telling This is mine In The Only Story, Barnes revisits a subject he explored in The Sense of an Ending the unreliable narrator, an older man looking back on his youth and trying to make sense of it In the former book, we as readers worked out the inconsistency in the nMost of us have only one story to tell I don t mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives there are countless events, which we turn into countless stories But there s only one that...In 1963, a 19 year old student starts an affair with a 48 year old woman a relationship that starts easily, which he believes is loveThis is very easy to read with some gentle humour in the first half, as well as indicators of the cruelty of lovers Susan s nickname for her mild, dull husband is Mr Elephant Pants because of his vast grey trousers , but ultimately I found ittelling for the social history, the sexual s and expectations of the 1960s than especially insightful about l In 1963, a 19 year old student starts an affair with a 48 year old woman a relationship that starts easily, which he believes is loveThis is very easy to read with some gentle humour in the first half, as well as indicators of the cruelty of lovers Susan s nickname for her mild, dull husband is Mr Elephant Pants because of his vast grey trousers , but ult...2.5 probably but I feel guilted into a 3 So it pains me a little to write this review because I really don t like to be so far outside of popular opinion on a book It is perhaps a shame this is my first Julian Barnes novel as I know he is a much beloved author and his The Sense of an Ending is a popular Booker winner There is no doubt you are in capable writerly hands when picking up this novel My reactions to this are not indictments about the writing itself, which is mostly magnifice 2.5 probably but I feel guilted into a 3 So it pains me a little to write this review because I really don t like to be so far outside of popular opinion on a book It is perhaps a shame this is my first Julian Barnes novel a... Most of us have only one story to tell I don t mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives there are countless events, which we turn into countless stories But there s only one that matters, only one finally worth telling This is mine.Everyone has their love story Everyone It may have been a fiasco, it may have fizzled out, it may never even have got going, it may have been all in the mind, that doesn t make it any less real Sometimes, it makes itreal Sometimes, you see a Most of us have only one story to tell I don t mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives there are countless events, which we turn into countless stories But there s only one that matters, only one finally worth telling This is mine.Everyone has their love story Everyone It may have been a fiasco, it may have fizzled out, it may never even have got going, it may have been all in the mind, that doesn t make it any less real Sometimes, it makes itreal Sometimes, you see a couple, and they se... We were together under the same roof, that is for ten oryears Afterwards, I continued to see her regularly In later years, less often When she died, a few years ago, I acknowledged that the most vital part of my life had finally come to a close I shall always think of her well, I promised myself And this is how I would remember it all, if I could But I can t.Julian Barnes latest novel, The Only Story tells the story of the narrator, Paul s, one true love, through his memories look We were together under the same roof, that is for ten oryears Afterwards, I continued to see her regularly In later years, less often When she died, a few years ago, I acknowledged that the most vital part of my life had finally come to a close I shall always think of her well, I promised myself And this is how I would remember it all, if I could But I can t.Julian Barnes latest novel, The Only Story tells the story of the narrator, Paul s, one true love, through his memories looking back on the story many decades later Most of us have only one story to tell I don t mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives there are countless events, which we turn into countless stories Bu...

The Only Story
  • 23 February 2017
  • ebook
  • 272 pages
  • 1473554799
  • Julian Barnes
  • The Only Story