Literary 2011

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Published in Spanish as El sentido de un final

Tony Webster has always made the very reasonable assumption that he could trust his memories, but when he's forced to revisit his past, everything he believes about himself and his life is challenged.

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What it is

A twist at the end that changes everything · melancholic and unhurried

What happens in it

Unreliable narrator Twist ending

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How it's told

Who tells it
First person
Style
Literary

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like an ending that makes you rethink everything
  • you enjoy not trusting who's telling it
  • you like a book that stays with you for days

Maybe not if…

  • you read in bed right before sleeping

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