Synopsis
You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed…
In Levels of Life Julian Barnes gives us Nadar, the pioneer balloonist and aerial photographer; he gives us Colonel Fred Burnaby, reluctant adorer of the extravagant Sarah Bernhardt; then, finally, he gives us the story of his own grief, unflinchingly observed.
This is a book of intense honesty and insight; it is at once a celebration of love and a profound examination of sorrow.
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099584537
- Number of pages: 128
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 10 mm
- Weight: 112g
- Languages: English
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Beautiflly written
This is an excellent meditation on life, love and loss. It begins as a history of ballooning and ends with a extremely personal dissection of Barnes' grief... READ MORE
Raw and Emotional
This is s strange book in some ways. There are three distinct sections; the first on hot air balloons; the Sin of Height. The second is on photography: On ... READ MORE
“Every love story is a potential grief story.”
This is an intriguing and powerfully written book with three parts – The sin of height, On the level and The loss of depth. In the first two, Julian recoun... READ MORE