Julian Barnes. Stated first American edition. Dust Jacket: Very Good. An unclipped jacket designed by Havier Romero. There is some foxing on jacket borders. Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Off-white cloth with red spine and gold lettering on spine. No markings or writing in the book, 197 pp.
This is the fourth book by Barnes. A novel from the author of the brilliant "Flaubert's Parrot."
This novel looks into the life of an 'ordinary' woman, and reveals a world filled with ordinary miracles. The novel begins with a morning on which the sun rises twice. It encompasses a century in the life of Jean Serjeant, from her innocent 1920's girlhood to her flight into the sun in the year 2021. It carries Jean through seemingly unexceptional experiences: growing up and growing old, falling in and out of love, the ceremonies of birth and death.
