Selected Reviews & Criticism

Metroland

Church, Michael. "Untitled." Times (London) (27 March 1980): 11.

Naughton, John. "Smirking." Listener (27 March 1980): 419.

Bailey, Paul. "Settling for Suburbia." Times Literary Supplement (28 March 1980): 345.

Levin, Bernard. "Metroland: Thanks for the Memories." Sunday Times (London) (6 April 1980): 42.

Blishen, Edward. "Growing Up." Times Educational Supplement (2 May 1980): 22.

Sturgess, Philip. "Metroland." Literary Review (16-19 May 1980): 10.

Parini, Jay. "Two Clever Lads From London." New York Times Book Review 92 (3 May 1987): 26.

Before She Met Me

Greenwell, Bill. "Flashback." New Statesman 103 no.2665 (16 April 1982): 18-19.

Waugh, Harriet. "Green-Eyed." Spectator 248 (17 April 1982): 22.

Abley, Mark. "Watching Green-Eyed." Times Literary Supplement (23 April 1982): 456.

Reynolds, Stanley. "Great White Hopes." Punch (28 April 1982): 708-709.

Montrose, David. "Unhappy Families." Books and Bookmen (June 1982): 14.

Krist, Gary. "She Oughtn't to Have Been in Pictures." New York Times Book Review 91 (28 December 1986): 12.

Flaubert's Parrot

Bragg, Melvyn. "In Fine Feather." Punch 287 (October 17, 1984): 22-23.

Hope, Mary. "Pretty Polly." Spectator 253 (November 3, 1984): 26-27.

Brooks, Peter. "Obsessed With the Hermit of Croisset." New York Times Book Review 90 (March 10, 1985): 7, 9.

Taliaferro, Frances. "A Flaubertian Flight of Fantasy." Wall Street Journal (April 5, 1985): 15.

Kermode, Frank. "Obsessed With Obsession." New York Review of Books 32 (April 25, 1985): 15-16.

Updike, John. "A Pair of Parrots." New Yorker 61(22) (July 22, 1985): 86-90.

Bell, William. "Not Altogether a Tomb -- Julian Barnes: Flaubert's Parrot." Imitating Art: Essays in Biography. Ed. David Ellis. London: Pluto Press, 1993. 149-173.

Staring at the Sun

Lawson, Mark. "The Genre-Bender Gets it Wrong." Sunday Times (London) (28 September 1986): 53.

Hamilton, Ian. "Real Questions." London Review of Books 8(19) (6 November 1986): 7.

Fuentes, Carlos. "The Enchanting Blue Yonder." New York Times Book Review 92 (12 April 1987): 3, 43.

Lodge, David. "The Home Front." New York Review of Books (7 May 1987): 21.

McGrath, Patrick. "Julian Barnes." Bomb 21 (Fall 1987): 20-23.

A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

Kermode, Frank. "Stowaway Woodworm." London Review of Books 11 (22 June 1989): 20.

Taylor, D. J. "A Newfangled and Funny Romp." Spectator (24 June 1989): 40-41.

Woods, James. "Blinded by the Might." Times (London) (24 June 1989): 36-37.

Oates, Joyce Carol. "But Noah Was Not a Nice Man." New York Times Book Review 94 (1 October 1989): 12-13.

Higdon, David Leon. "'Unconfessed Confessions': the Narrators of Graham Swift and Julian Barnes." In The British & Irish Novel since 1960. Ed. James Acheson. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. 174-191.

Salyer, Gregory. "One Good Story Leads to Another: Julian Barnes's A History of the World in 10½ Chapters." Journal of Literature & Theology 5(2) (June 1991): 220-233.

Halim, Nadia Maria. "An Ark on Which Two Might Escape": Modernist and Postmodernist Discourse Julian Barnes's A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Queen's University At Kingston (Canada), 1994. pp.78 (Dissertation. Adviser: Patricia Rae)

Kotte, Claudia. "Random Patterns? Orderly Disorder in Julian Barnes's A History of the World in 10 and ½ Chapters." Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik. 22 (1997): 107-128.

Candel Bormann, Daniel. “From Romanticism to Postmodernity: Two Different Conceptions of Nature in Julian Barnes’ A History of the World in 10½ Chapters”. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 36 (1998): 173-83.

 

Candel Bormann, Daniel. “Nature Feminised in Julian Barnes’s A History of the World in 10½ Chapters.” Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos XXI.1/2 (Junio-Diciembre 1999): 43-58.

 

Buxton, Jackie. "Julian Barnes's Theses on History (in 10½ Chapters)." Contemporary Literature 41(1) (Spring 2000): 56-86. (ISSN: 0010-7484)

 

Candel Bormann, Daniel. “Julian Barnes’s A History of Science in 10½ Chapters.” English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature 82(3) (2001): 253-61.

 

Candel Bormann, Daniel. “The End of Society in Historiographic Metafiction: A Case Study”. Actas del XXIII Congreso de AEDEAN (16-18 december 1999, León) 2003.

Talking It Over

Imlah, Mick. "Giving the Authorized Version." Times Literary Supplement (12 July 1991): 19.

Taylor, D. J. "Fearful Symmetry." New Statesman & Society (19 July 1991): 35.

Nicholl, Charles. "Oliver's Riffs." London Review of Books 13 (25 July 1991): 19.

Theroux, Alexander. "Was It Something They Said?" Washington Post Book World 21 (13 October 1991): 5.

Bayley, John. "Getting to Know You." New York Review of Books (5 December 1991): 25-26.

Levenson, Michael. "Flaubert's Parrot: Talking It Over by Julian Barnes." New Republic (16 December 1991): 42-45.

The Porcupine

Kemp, Peter. "Show Trial, New Style." Times Literary Supplement (30 October 1992): 19.

Atlas, James. "Courtroom Drama." Vogue (November 1992): 188, 190.

Harris, Robert. "Full of Prickles." Literary Review (November 1992): 26.

King, Francis. "Not Deep, but Crisp and Even." Spectator (7 November 1992): 55-56.

Duplain, Julian. "The Big Match." New Statesman & Society (13 November 1992): 34-35.

Bayley, John. "Time of Indifference." New York Review of Books (17 December 1992): 30-32.

Riley, Dave. "Sharp as a Quill." Green Left Weekly, 1995.

Whealen, Michael R. The College Quarterly (Fall 1997). Reprinted on the Julian Barnes Website with permission of the author.

Letters from London

Lawson, Mark. "Marmite for New Yorkers." Independent (London) (8 April 1995): 26.

Buckley, David. "Little England, Big Apple." Observer (London) (9 April 1995): 18.

Paxman, Jeremy. "London Calling." Sunday Times (London) (9 April 1995): 1-2.

Dyer, Geoff. "City of Schoolboys." Manchester Guardian Weekly (16 April 1995): 28.

Cockburn, Patrick. "I-Spy Things Unravelling." Times Literary Supplement (21 April 1995): 32.

Cross Channel

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.

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

Kakutani, Michiko. "Fictional Fiction Writer Demonstrates His Magic." New York Times (16 April 1996): C-15.

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

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

Pomar, Miquel. "Experiment(ing) on the Double with Julian Barnes." Amaltea 3 (2011) [Essay on the short story "Experiment"; Available online in PDF].

 

England, England

Hazleton, Lesley. "Author Julian Barnes Is Just a Normal Guy." The Seattle Times (12 April 1999). Interview with Barnes upon the publication of the US edition of England, England.

Eder, Richard. "Tomorrowland." New York Times Book Review (9 May 1999): 17.

Kakutani, Michiko. "'England, England': England as Theme Park." New York Times (11 May 1999): B7.

Wiegand, David. "England Imagined as a Theme Park in Julian Barnes' Witty Satire." San Francisco Chronicle (23 May 1999): 3.

Carey, John. "Land of Make-Believe." Sunday Times (London). 23 August 1998.

Bradshaw, Peter. "England, England." London Evening Standard. 24 August 1998.

Cunningham, Valentine. "England, England." Independent. 29 August 1998.

Lanchester, John. "A Vision of England." Electronic Telegraph. 29 August 1998. Includes interview with Barnes.

Thwaite, Anthony. "Buying up Buck House." Electronic Telegraph. 29 August 1998.

Dening, Penelope. "Inventing England." Irish Times. 8 September 1998. Includes interview with Barnes.

Marr, Andrew. "England the theme park." Electronic Mail & Guardian. 13 October 1998. (Also appeared in the Manchester Guardian Weekly as Theme-park Authenticity" (September 13, 1998); and the Observer as "England, England" (30 August 1998). Includes photo of Julian Barnes.)

Kellaway, Lucy. "We Can't Do Business." Prospect. October 1998.

Marchand, Philip. "Albion, the Theme Park." The Toronto Star Online. 29 November 1998.

Nünning, Vera. "The Invention of Cultural Traditions: The Construction and Destruction of Englishness and Authenticity in Julian Barnes' England, England." Anglia 119 (2001): 58-76. Available in .pdf format courtesy of the author and publisher.

Love, etc

Herbert, Susannah. "Hello! We've met before." Daily Telegraph (22 July 2000): 4.

Shilling, Jane. "A trio for married voices." Sunday Telegraph (23 July 2000): 13.

Adams, Tim. "The Eternal Triangle." The Observer (23 July 2000).

Coldstream, John. "'I'd be very jumpy if I wasn't writing'." Daily Telegraph (London). (27 July 2000).

Wroe, Nicholas. "Literature's Mister Cool." Guardian (29 July 2000).

Taylor, D. J. "Not the end of the affair." Sunday Times (London). (30 July 2000).

Bradbury, Dominic. "Talking it over about writing, etc" The Times (London). (2 August 2000).

"Let's Talk about Love, etc: An interview with Julian Barnes." Amazon.co.uk Website.

Kakutani, Michiko. "An Old Love Triangle Reassembled in a New Decade." The New York Times (9 February 2001): E-45.

Benfer, Amy. "'Love, etc.' by Julian Barnes." Salon.com (21 February 2001).

Birkerts, Sven. "Talking It Over Some More." New York Times (25 February 2001): 8 (sect. 7).

Stead Sellers, Frances. "Still Talking It Over." Book World (Washington Post) (25 February 2001): T10.

"Interview with Julian Barnes." Random House [February 2001].

Begley, Adam. "What Lies Beneath." Details 19(5) (March 2001): 86, 88. Interview with Barnes.

Something to Declare

De Botton, Alain. "The French Master." The Sunday Times (London) (30 December 2001).

Dyer, Geoff. "All aboard the Eurostar." Guardian (5 January 2002): 8.

Cowley, Jason. "New Gauls, Please." The Observer (6 January 2002): 15. Reprinted in the Manchester Guardian Weekly (29 January 2002): 17.

"You ask the questions: Julian Barnes." Independent (16 January 2002): 8. Q & A with Barnes upon the publication of Something to Declare.

Tindall, Gillian. "Monsieur Barnes Crosses the Channel." TLS (1 February 2002).

Barnes, Jonathan. "Mon semblable, mon frère." Areté Magazine 7 (Winter 2001): 123-128.

Gillmor, Don. "Son of Flaubert." Globe & Mail (Toronto) (9 March 2002): D5.

Messud, Claire. "Tour de France." New York Times Book Review (6 October 2002): 25.

Pedant in the Kitchen

Bearn, Emily. 'From Flaubert to Flambe.' Sunday Telegraph (London), 12 October 2003: 3. [Interview]

Rumbold, Judy. 'What Jamie Could Teach Julian.' The Guardian, 15 October 2003: 5.

Taylor, Alan. 'Simple Recipes Should Be Made to Measure.' The Sunday Herald, 19 October 2003: 11.

Caplan, Nina. 'Barnes's Tasty New Recipe.' London Evening Standard, 21 October 2003.

Beachcomber. '86 Years Old and Still Cooking Up a Treat.' The Express, 22 October 2003: 44.

Davidson, Max. 'Flaubert's Carrots.' Sunday Telegraph (London), 26 October 2003: 15.

Fort, Matthew. 'Too Much of a Good Thing.' The Observer, 2 November 2003: 15.

Jakeman, Jane. "The Best Possible Taste." TLS 5253 (5 December 2003): 29.

The Lemon Table

Hore, Rachel. "To the Bitter End." Literary Review (London), March 2004.

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.

Grove, Valerie. "Un homme serieux." The Times (London), 13 March 2004. Interview.

Massie, Allan. "Tremors at Twilight." The Scotsman, 13 March 2004: 9.

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.

Craig, Amanda. "Do Not Go Gentle." New Statesman, 15 March 2004.

Taylor, Alan. "Every Second Counts When the End Is Nigh." The Sunday Herald, 21 March 2004.