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Remarks: New York. 1996. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. Signed By The Author. pages: 211 pages. Cover: Front-of jacket photograph 'Saint-Valery, 1855' by Edouard Baldus. keywords: Literature England. ISBN number: 0679446915. April 1996. In his very first book of stories, Julian Barnes explores a striking and unusual theme-the British experience of France over three hundred years-with the abundance of sophistication and wit that has established him as one of the most daring and prodigiously gifted novelists at work in our language today. These ten stories, singly and as a whole, examine the strange and persistent attraction between these two countries, as well as the often ambiguous results. The collection spans the Channel from the late seventeenth century; when mercenary soldiers endeavor to 'convert' a Protestant village in southern France, to the year 2015, when an aging Londoner travels yet again to Paris, carrying a lifetime of memories with him on the now antiquated Eurostar t
