内容简介
Winnerofthe2011ManBookerPrizeByanacclaimedwriterattheheightofhispowers,TheSenseofanEndingextendsastreakofextraordinarybooksthatbeganwiththebest-sellingArthur&GeorgeandcontinuedwithNothingtoBeFrightenedOfa
作者简介
JulianPatrickBarnesisacontemporaryEnglishwriterofpostmodernisminliterature.HehasbeenshortlistedthreetimesfortheManBookerPrize---Flaubert'sParrot(1984),England,England(1998),andArthur&George(2005),andwontheprizeforTheSenseofanEnding(2011).HehaswrittencrimefictionunderthepseudonymDanKavanagh.FollowinganeducationattheCityofLondonSchoolandMertonCollege,Oxford,heworkedasalexicographerfortheOxfordEnglishDictionary.Subsequently,heworkedasaliteraryeditorandfilmcritic.Henowwritesfull-time.Hisbrother,JonathanBarnes,isaphilosopherspecializedinAncientPhilosophy.HelivedinLondonwithhiswife,theliteraryagentPatKavanagh,untilherdeathon20October2008.
