Levels of Life

Levels of Life

By Julian Barnes

Pages

Rating

3.91

Year

2013

EssaysContemporaryHistoryMemoirBiographyNonfiction

Description

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.

Endorsements

One of The Guardian's 100 best books of the 21st century.

Levels of Life by Julian Barnes - Bookist