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What is Nothing to Be Frightened Of about?

"I don’t believe in God, but I miss him." So begins Julian Barnes’s brilliant new book that is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the writer Jules Renard. Barnes also draws poignant portraits of the last days of his parents, recalled with great detail, affection and exasperation. Other examples he takes up include writers, "most of them dead and quite a few of them French," as well as some composers, for good measure.The grace with which Barnes weaves together all of these threads makes the experience of reading the book nothing less than exhilarating. Although he cautions us that "this is not my autobiography," the book nonetheless reveals much about Barnes the man and the novelist: how he thinks and how he writes and how he lives. At once deadly serious and dazzlingly playful, Nothing to Be Frightened Ofis a wise, funny and constantly surprising tour of the human condition.From the Hardcover edition.**From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. In this virtuosic memoir, Barnes (Arthur & George) makes little mention of his

Who reads Nothing to Be Frightened Of?

Author

Julian Barnes

Publisher

Vintage Canada

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307368447

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.83 / 5 (94 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14