Book Review: Sense of an ending, by Julian Barnes
I have an existing bias towards thick books - an inherent assumption that they have something more substantial and concrete to say. Sense of an ending is the best example of why my bias is completely biased and incorrect:). Sense of an ending is a very thin novel, or a novella as they say. It recounts the story of Tony, an old man now as well as his school friend Adrian and ex-girlfriend Veronica. The tale is in Tony's own words and covers a period of more than sixty years. The story is split into two parts, the first details Tony's childhood friendship with Adrian and his doomed relationship with Veronica. And the second part details circumstances where Tony and Veronica come in contact again, interact again, open old wounds; all this uncovering a different version of the first part of the story. I can write about the book's story but that would spoil the pleasure of discovering it yourself, for all who may want to read it sometime. Suffice to say, the story is slow,...