A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters

A stowaway aboard Noah’s Ark gives us his account of the Voyage – a surprising, subversive one, quite unlike the official version – which explains a lot about how the human race has subsequently developed. A guest lecturer on a cruise ship in the Aegean has his work interrupted by a group of mysterious visitors who place him in a cruel dilemma. An ecclesiastical court in medieval France hears a bizarre case . . . Barnes creates a kaleidoscope of narrative voices – from fiction and fact, painting and snatches of autobiography – that comes slowly and compellingly into focus.

`You will want to read it again and again, and why not? There’s nothing around to touch it.’ Anne Smith, Literary Review

`There is more moral and intellectual fodder, and more jokes, here than you will read in a month of Sundays . . . storytelling and teaching which captivate, liberate, and above all, enchant’ Financial Times

`Funny, ironic, erudite, surprising, and not afraid to take a dive overboard into the depths of sorrow and loss. My novel of the year’ Nadine Gordimer

Title - A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters

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Author - Julian Barnes

ISBN 13 - 9780330313995

Imprint - Picador

Publisher - Pan Macmillan

Date Published - 18/03/2005

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 130 x 197 x 22mm

Weight - 253 g

Languages - English