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Cross Channel
   
A collection of short stories that explore the connections, similarities, and differences between England and France.
   

English Editions (View Translations)

Cross Channel. London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. £13.99.

Cross Channel. London: Jonathan Cape, 1996.

Cross Channel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. $21.00.

Cross Channel. Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1996. $27.95.

Cross Channel. Oxford: Isis Publishing, 1996. Pp. 207. [Large Print edition].

Cross Channel. London: Picador, 1996. Pp. 211.

Cross Channel. New York: Vintage, 1997. Pp. 211.

Cross Channel. Toronto: Vintage, 1997. Pp. 211.


Reviews

Wilkerson, David. "A Diet for a New Year." The Bookseller, 24 November 1995: 30.

Unsigned. "Cosmo Books." Cosmopolitan, January 1996: 59.

Unsigned. "The Low-Down." Tatler, January 1996: 18.

Waugh, Teresa. "Very Clever." Literary Review 211 (January 1996): 25-26.

Furbank, P. N. "If the French Were Shorter in Flaubert's Day, Did They Need to Be Less Fat in Order to Be Called 'Fat'?" London Review of Books 18 (4 January 1996): 22.

Wood, James. "The Facts of Life." The Guardian (5 January 1996): 16.

Cameron, Euan. "A Strange Romance With Few Kisses." The Spectator 276.8738 (6 January 1996): 28.

Kellaway, Kate. "Observatory: The Grand Fromage Matures." The Observer Review, 7 January 1996: 7.

Wilson, A. N. "Tales of English Blook Spilt on French Soil." Evening Standard, 8 January 1996: 25.

May, Derwent. "More Than Just Sleeve Notes." The Times (London), 11 January 1996: 35.

Smith, Paul. "Crossing Frontiers." The List (Glasgow & Edinburgh), 12 January 1996: 82.

Turpin, Adrian. "Adrian Turpin on Literature." The Independent (London), 12 January 1996: 25.

Fox, Penny. "Open Channels." The Scotsman, 13 January 1996: 16.

Massie, Allan. "Love and Irritation Embroider the Reality of the French Connection." The Scotsman, 13 January 1996: 16.

Roberts, Michèle. "Lanterns and Lovers on a Passage to Paris." The Independent (London), 13 January 1996: W10.

Andrews, David. "Barnes Stormer." Sunday Express, 14 January 1996: C34.

Crumey, Andrew. "Celebration of Both Past and Future." Scotland on Sunday (14 January 1996): SP.10.

Kemp, Peter. "Vive la difference." The Sunday Times (London), 14 January 1996: sec. 7, p.1-2.

Weightman, John. "The French Connection." Sunday Telegraph, 14 January 1996: R13.

Jackson, Tina. "Recommended Books." The Big Issue, 15 January 1996: 35.

Naudin, Thierry. "Barnes Welcomes Careful Readers." The European, 18 January 1996: S14.

Mangan, Gerald. "Très British." Times Literary Supplement 4842 (19 January 1996): 24.

Ryan, Paul. "A Pearl Amid the Paste." New Statesman & Society 9.386 (19 January 1996): 39-40.

Cartwright, Justin. "An Ambivalent Relationship." Financial Times (London), 20 January 1996: 12.

Dukes, Gerry. "Quietly Crafted Stories." Irish Independent, 20 January 1996: 11.

Taylor, Alan. "The Myth and the Reality." Sunday Tribune Magazine, 21 January 1996: 18.

Clark, Patricia. "French Connection Is an Entertaining Read." Lincolnshire Echo, 24 January 1996: 12.

Kingsley, Madeleine. "French Bred." She, February 1996: 28.

Miller, Karl. "Barnes Storming." Harpers & Queen, February 1996: 22.

Unsigned. "Books." Elle Magazine, February 1996: 71.

Unsigned. "Untitled." GQ Magazine, February 1996: 41.

"Fiction -- Cross Channel." Kirkus Review 64 (1 February 1996): 151.

Egerton, Frank. "Why Should the Brits Want to Go to France?" Oxford Times, 2 February 1996: S20.

"Cross Channel." Publishers Weekly 243.8 (19 February 1996): 204.

Mazmanian, Adam. "Book Reviews -- Short Stories." Library Journal 121.5 (15 March 1996): 98.

Eder, Richard. "The Odd Couple of Europe." Los Angeles Times Book Review, 17 March 1996: 2.

Kakutani, Michiko. "Fictional Fiction Writer Demonstrates His Magic." The New York Times, 16 April 1996: C15.

Cook, Bruce. "Julian Barnes' Short Stories Explore English-French Relations." Chicago Tribune (Books), 21 April 1996: 3.

Skiles, Don. "Short Stories Reflect Britain's French Connection." The San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, 21 April 1996: 5.

Wood, Michael. "Another Country." The New York Times Book Review, 21 April 1996: 12.

Walters, Colin. "Fictional Gathering of Memories." The Washington Times, 28 April 1996: B6.

Manguel, Alberto. "Barnes Seasons New Stories with Esprit." The Globe and Mail Review of Books, 4 May1996, p. C21.

Smith, Stephen. "Blood Thicker Than Channel Water." The Toronto Star, 4 May 1996: L15.

Bosworth, David. "A Witty Collection of Period Pieces in Which Britons Pay Visits to France." Philadelphia Inquirer, 12 May 1996: H4.

Singer, George. "Barnes Is Good Despite Miscues." Tulsa (Oklahoma) World, 12 May 1996: G5.

Swanson, Carl. "Old Fartery & Literary Dish." Salon Magazine (13 May 1996): http://archive.salon.com/weekly/interview960513.html.

Arana-Ward, Marie. "Julian Barnes." Washington Post Book World (19 May 1996): 10.

Chin, Paula. "Picks & Pans: Cross Channel." People Weekly 46.2 (8 July 1996): 28.

Alford, Steven E. "Stories Explain English Attitude Toward French." Houston Chronicle (Texas), 14 July 1996: 23.

Kempton, Adrian. "A Barnes Eye View of France" Franco-British Studies 22 (Autumn 1996): 92-101.

French, Philip. "Books of the Year." The Observer, 1 December 1996: 16-17.

Eder, Richard. "Richard Eder's Top Ten Books of 1996." Los Angeles Times Book Review, 29 December 1996: 11.

Filbin, Thomas. "Familiar Capability." The Hudson Review 50.1 (Spring 1997): 159-165.

Hutchings, William. "Cross Channel." World Literature Today 71.1 (Winter 1997): 149-150.

Kennedy, John. "Cross Channel." The Antioch Review 55.1 (Winter 1997): 110.

de Montety, Etienne. "Barnes: la France sure le billard." Le Figaro Magazine, 10 January 1998: 86.

Lambron, Marc. "Les mystères de l'outre-manche." Le Point, no. 1321 (10 January 1998): 79.

Le Naire, Olivier. "Julian Barnes: mémoire d'outre-manche." L'Express, 15 January 1998: 90-91.

Garcin, Jérôme. "Mémoires d'outre-manche." Le Nouvel Observateur, no. 1732 (15-21 January 1998): 99.

Aubert, Marie-Caroline. "En dix nouvelles, l'autoportrait á peine camouflé d'un francophile." Elle, 19 January 1998, p. 54.

Payot, Marianne. "Julian Barnes: un froggy chez les rosbifs." Lire, February 1998: 28-29.

 
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