Hore, Rachel. "To the Bitter End." Literary
Review (London), March 2004.
Martin, Richard. "Books." London Medical
Student 9 (March 2004): Student Culture Section, iii.
Cusk, Rachel. "Chewing Over Old Times at the
End of the Day." Evening Standard (London), 1 March
2004: 43.
Arditti, Michael. "Insight into the Horrors
of Old Age." The Express, 5 March 2004: 45.
Quintana, Angel. "At the Dying of the Day."
Financial Times Weekend Magazine, 6 March 2004: 32.
Whelan, John. "Beautifully Bitter Taste of
Anger in Old Age." Daily News (New Plymouth, New Zealand),
6 March 2004: 18.
Moore, Caroline. "How to Pass the Acid Test."
Sunday Telegraph, 7 March 2004: 16.
Clark, Alex. "Age before Beauty." Sunday
Times (London), 7 March 2004: 53.
Harding, John. "New Fiction." Daily
Mail (London), 12 March 2004: 56.
McFarlane, Robert. "The Greater and the Lesser
Pain." TLS, 5267, 13 March 2004: 19.
Grove, Valerie. "Un homme serieux." The
Times (London), 13 March 2004: 10-11. Interview.
Massie, Allan. "Tremors at Twilight."
The Scotsman, 13 March 2004: 9.
Mabbott, Alastair. "All Life Is Here, But
It's Getting Old." Glasgow Herald, 13 March 2004.
Kermode, Frank. "Age
Has Not Withered Him." The Guardian, 13 March 2004:
26.
Wroe, Ann. "Longing to be Noticed." Daily
Telegraph (London), 13 March 2004: 3.
Merritt, Stephanie. "Things
Can Only Get Bitter." The Observer, 14 March 2004.
"Short and Sweet." Mail on Sunday
(London), 14 March 2004: 70.
Craig, Amanda. "Do
Not Go Gentle." New Statesman, 15 March 2004: 55.
"The Digested Read." The Guardian,
15 March 2004.
Wark, Kirsty, John Harris, Bonnie Greer, Adam Mars-Jones.
"The
Lemon Table." BBC Newsnight Review, 15 March 2004.
(Edited highlights of the panel's review taken from the teletext
subtitles that are generated live for Newsnight Review.)
J.C. "NB." TLS, 5268, 19 March
2004: 14. [Questions why the U.K. edition of The Lemon Table
does not list where the short stories were previously published.]
Ross, Tim. "The
Bitter Art of the Short Story." Worcester Evening News,
20 March 2004. Reprinted in The Hartlepool Mail, 20 March
2004; reprinted in edited form in South London Press, 20
March 2004; reprinted in edited form in Belfast News Letter Group,
20 March 2004.
Conradi, Peter J. "Sweet
and Sour Tales of Death and Dying." The Independent
(London), 19 March 2004: 29.
"Novel of the Week." The Week,
20 March 2004.
Taylor, Alan. "Every
Second Counts When the End Is Nigh." The Sunday Herald,
21 March 2004.
Smith, Aidan. "Reflections
on This Mortal Coil." Scotland on Sunday, 21 March
2004: 4. Interview.
Chow, Clara. "If You Have Time for Only One
Book...." The Straits Times (Singapore), 23 March 2004.
Kermode, Frank. "Daunting Proximity of Age
for the Elderly Englishman." Guardian Weekly, 25 March
2004.
Wilson, David. "The Lemon Table." South
China Morning Post, 28 March 2004: 8.
O'Connell, John. "The Lemon Table." Time
Out, 31 March -- 7 April 2004 : 54.
"The Lemon Table." Kirkus Reviews,
1 April 2004.
Hudson, Jeff. "Death, etc" Ink,
April 2004: 67-70. Profile with Photos and Interview.
Morrissy, Mary. "Cooped Up in the Middle."
The Irish Times, 3 April 2004: 60.
Marshall, Owen. "Dark and droll." Sunday
Star-Times (Auckland, New Zealand), 11 April 2004: 31.
Hewitson, Michele. "Julian
Barnes: The Lemon Table." The New Zealand Herald,
14 April 2004.
Tayler, Christopher. "Like Choosing Between
Bacon and Eggs and Bacon and Tomato." London Review of Books,
26.8, 15 April 2004: 17.
JE. "radar/books: THE LEMON TABLE." Flux,
May 2004.
Isaaman, Gerald. "Julian Makes Short Work
of Growing Old." Camden Journal, 6 May 2004: 23.
"The Lemon Table: Stories." Kirkus
Reviews, 72.7, 1 April 2004: 283. (Starred Review).
"The Lemon Table." Publishers Weekly,
10 May 2004: 33. (Starred Review).
Wolff, Carlo. "Sweet and Sour." St.
Petersburg Times (Florida), 31 May 2004: 1E.
Love, Barbara. "The Lemon Table." Library
Journal, 1 June 2004: 128.
Kakutani, Michiko. "A
Writer Who Uses Death As His Protagonist." New York
Times, 22 June 2004: 1. [May require registration to view.]
Mallon, Thomas. "As
Young As You Feel." New York Times Book Review,
27 June 2004: 7. [May require registration to view.]
May, Charles. "Bitter
Slices of Life." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin),
4 July 2004: 4.
Herman, Carol. "Gazing
on Life's Last Act." The Washington Times, 4 July
2004: B6.
Lytal, Benjamin. "Recent Fiction." New
York Sun, 7 July 2004: 15.
See, Carolyn. "Deathly Prose." The
Washington Post Book World, 9 July 2004: C3; Reprinted as "Tales
That Dare to Speak Ill of the Dying". Chicago Sun-Times,
25 July 2004: 14.
Miller, Adrienne. "Big Important Book of the
Month." Esquire, July 2004.
Weisstuch, Liza. "Death
Be Not Proud." The Providence Phoenix, 9-15 July
2004.
Ciabattari, Jane. "The Bittersweet Taste of
Life's Denouement." Los Angeles Times Book Review, 11
July 2004: 7.
Stewart, Peter. "Aging Pains." New
York Post, 11 July 2004.
Freeman, John. "Fear of the End." Hartford
Courant (Connecticut), 11 July 2004: G3. Reprinted as "Lemon
Table Is Searing Look at Aging." St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
18 July 2004: F12. Also reprinted in the Courier-Journal
(Louisville, KY) as "Aging, With Bathos and Gallows Humor."
Daynard, Jodi. "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit."
Boston Globe, 11 July 2004: D6.
Alexis, André. "Not
a Lemon in the Bunch." Globe & Mail, 17 July
2004: D7.
Hoffman, Tod. "Old Doesn't Equal Serene."
The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), 17 July 2004: H4.
Lythgoe, Dennis. "'Lemon
Table' Tales Enchant Reader." Deseret Morning News
(Salt Lake City), 18 July 2004.
Rubin, Martin. "Improving
With Age." San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2004:
M1.
Hunter, James. "Not
About Old Age, Exactly, But How Aging Is Experienced."
New York Observer, 19 July 2004: 2.
Craven, Peter. "Fine Dining at the Lemon
Table." Australian Financial Review, 23 July 2004: 8.
Gonzalez, Ariel. "An
Unsparing View of Life." Miami Herald, 25 July 2004.
"Our Editors Recommend." San Francisco
Chronicle, 25 July 2004: M2.
Baker, Jeff. "Smart
Short Stories Chronicle the Wisdom of the Aged." The
Oregonian, 1 August 2004: D9.
Ryan, Valerie. "Lives in Twilight, Full of
Longing and Resignation." The Seattle Times, 1 August
2004: K10.
Schmid, Theodora. "Taking Short Breaths Of
Life." Tampa Tribune (Florida), 1 August 2004: 5.
Taber, Ruth. "Later Years of Life Prominent
in 'Lemon Table'." El Paso Times, 6 August 2004.
Johnson, Greg. "Masterful Stories Explore
Joys, Sorrows of Aging." Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
15 August 2004: 5.
Aviv, Rachel. "Making Lemonade." Nashville
Scene, 12-18 August 2004.
Goring, Rosemary. "Now
Home Is Where Her Art Is." The Herald (Glasgow),
21 August 2004. [Barnes briefly quoted regarding the inspiration
for The Lemon Table.]
Baker, Jeff. "Collection
Focuses on Elderly, But Never Shows Its Age." Pioneer
Press (St. Paul, MN), 5 September 2004.
Levasseur, Jennifer. "Saving Their Place."
Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 5 September 2004: 8.
Johnson, Diane. "Stiff Upper Lip." New
York Review of Books, 51(6), 21 October 2004.
