A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
By Julian Barnes
(Vintage, Paperback, 9780679731375, 320pp.)
Publication Date: November 27, 1990
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Categories: Literary
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This is, in short, a complete, unsettling, and frequently exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of Noah's ark and ending with a sneak preview of heaven!
Born in Leicester in 1946, Julian Barnes is the author of nine novels, a book of stories, and a collection of essays. He has won both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina, and in 1988 was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in London.











