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`Barnes' stylish prose, eye for emotional detail and sense of absurdity never let him down... He suits the short story very well' --Literary Review, December 6,2010
`The prose is crisp and elegant, light on its feet but resonant with pathos, and flecked with acute observations that never fail to strike a vivid chord with the reader.... It all makes for a diverse, entertaining collection, alternating between plangency and playfulness' -- Tatler, December 6, 2010
`one of the most civilized and culturally rich brainscapes in contemporary fiction' --Sunday Times, January 7, 2011
`The stories are intelligent: emotionally, stylistically and intellectually. Aesthetically. Also, innovative and experimental without being pretentious or inaccessible. And, oh yes, beautifully written.' --The Irish Times, January 7, 2011
'the writing is as clear, as wry, dry and elegant as ever' --The Times, January 7, 2011
`The promise shown by some of the other bright young stars of Barnes's generation has faded or fizzled out. His own star continues to shine. This is a delightful collection'. --The Scotsman, January 7, 2011
`masterclasses in the form, full of the sidelong wit and intelligence that make the writer one of our most consistently deft short-form stylists' --Saturday Telegraph, January 7, 2011
`The ways in which human beings misunderstand each another are infinite in their variety, and in his latest volume of stories Julian Barnes describes some of them.' --Sunday Telegraph, Jane Shilling, January 11, 2011
`With Pulse Barnes reminds us once again that he is a master of the small story...A joy during the act of reading and a source of many complicated afterthoughts, Pulse is a deep and sincere collection of beautifully crafted short fictions. This is an immediate best book of the year that will take some beating in 2011' --Time Out, January 11, 2011
`The artful arrangement of the short stories in Julian Barnes's new collection dramatizes the conventional split between mind and body' --The Independent, January 11, 2011
`In this, and each of these elegant, understated, often affecting stories, Barnes shows a profound understanding of the fluctuating currents and ambiguities between friends and lovers. Like a pulse, their rhythm changes with circumstance and health, time and age. And like a pulse, they offer hope' --Sunday Herald, January 11, 2011
`By turns compassionate and critical, witty and poignant, this is writing to revel in' --Daily Mail, January 11, 2011
`Pulse is a collection of 14 short stories by the masterly Julian Barnes, celebrating the human condition with skill, with and precision. Some are laugh-out-loud hilarious, many somber and melancholy. All are brilliant in execution.'
`One finishes the last page with huge reluctance, wanting more; moved educated and, above all, uplifted. Literary magic.'
--The Lady,
`All the stories in Pulse have the absolute completeness and density of the very best short fiction. You could add a litre of water to the last two mentioned and there would still be enough material to flavour the whole novel' --New Statesman
`only Barnes could unite the heat of `passion' with the coolness of `taste' --Scotland on Sunday
`Barnes dwells with his usual perspicacity on how couples contrive to both rub along and rub each other up' --Word Magazine
`combines mordant humour, perspicacity and invigoratingly crisp writing' --The Independent on Sunday
`Barnes' stories, at their best, are always exploring the borderlines of what is knowable' --The Spectator
`Impeccable short stories from the Flaubert's Parrot author, haunted by notes of solitude and mortality, and with endings as well-judged as the exit of a perfect dinner guest' --Metro
'terrific collection of stories' --The Shortlist
`Julian Barnes writes so exquisitely that every page of this collection contains literary pearls.' --Mail on Sunday
`Pulse is as satisfying as any of Julian Barnes's much acclaimed novels. This fabulous collection of short stories is troubling, witty, sharp and moving.' --Sunday Express
`Pulse is never less than interesting, elegantly written and quirky.' --Prospect
`The prose is crisp and elegant, light on its feet but resonant with pathos, and flecked with acute observations that never fail to strike a vivid chord with the reader.... It all makes for a diverse, entertaining collection, alternating between plangency and playfulness' -- Tatler, December 6, 2010
`one of the most civilized and culturally rich brainscapes in contemporary fiction' --Sunday Times, January 7, 2011
`The stories are intelligent: emotionally, stylistically and intellectually. Aesthetically. Also, innovative and experimental without being pretentious or inaccessible. And, oh yes, beautifully written.' --The Irish Times, January 7, 2011
'the writing is as clear, as wry, dry and elegant as ever' --The Times, January 7, 2011
`The promise shown by some of the other bright young stars of Barnes's generation has faded or fizzled out. His own star continues to shine. This is a delightful collection'. --The Scotsman, January 7, 2011
`masterclasses in the form, full of the sidelong wit and intelligence that make the writer one of our most consistently deft short-form stylists' --Saturday Telegraph, January 7, 2011
`The ways in which human beings misunderstand each another are infinite in their variety, and in his latest volume of stories Julian Barnes describes some of them.' --Sunday Telegraph, Jane Shilling, January 11, 2011
`With Pulse Barnes reminds us once again that he is a master of the small story...A joy during the act of reading and a source of many complicated afterthoughts, Pulse is a deep and sincere collection of beautifully crafted short fictions. This is an immediate best book of the year that will take some beating in 2011' --Time Out, January 11, 2011
`The artful arrangement of the short stories in Julian Barnes's new collection dramatizes the conventional split between mind and body' --The Independent, January 11, 2011
`In this, and each of these elegant, understated, often affecting stories, Barnes shows a profound understanding of the fluctuating currents and ambiguities between friends and lovers. Like a pulse, their rhythm changes with circumstance and health, time and age. And like a pulse, they offer hope' --Sunday Herald, January 11, 2011
`By turns compassionate and critical, witty and poignant, this is writing to revel in' --Daily Mail, January 11, 2011
`Pulse is a collection of 14 short stories by the masterly Julian Barnes, celebrating the human condition with skill, with and precision. Some are laugh-out-loud hilarious, many somber and melancholy. All are brilliant in execution.'
`One finishes the last page with huge reluctance, wanting more; moved educated and, above all, uplifted. Literary magic.'
--The Lady,
`All the stories in Pulse have the absolute completeness and density of the very best short fiction. You could add a litre of water to the last two mentioned and there would still be enough material to flavour the whole novel' --New Statesman
`only Barnes could unite the heat of `passion' with the coolness of `taste' --Scotland on Sunday
`Barnes dwells with his usual perspicacity on how couples contrive to both rub along and rub each other up' --Word Magazine
`combines mordant humour, perspicacity and invigoratingly crisp writing' --The Independent on Sunday
`Barnes' stories, at their best, are always exploring the borderlines of what is knowable' --The Spectator
`Impeccable short stories from the Flaubert's Parrot author, haunted by notes of solitude and mortality, and with endings as well-judged as the exit of a perfect dinner guest' --Metro
'terrific collection of stories' --The Shortlist
`Julian Barnes writes so exquisitely that every page of this collection contains literary pearls.' --Mail on Sunday
`Pulse is as satisfying as any of Julian Barnes's much acclaimed novels. This fabulous collection of short stories is troubling, witty, sharp and moving.' --Sunday Express
`Pulse is never less than interesting, elegantly written and quirky.' --Prospect
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A brilliant, moving, poignant collection of stories, from the author of Cross Channel and The Lemon Table
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16 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It is a book of stories, nine in all, every one of them written with the gentle charm that has become the mark of Julian Barnes. He exhibits serenity, sadness, and joy all with a wry British, or should I say, Barnes-like humour. He created amusement and fun in short statements: "Riding a hobby horse to death is flogging a dead metaphor." (At Phil & Joanna's 2: Marmalade). A theme of hypocrisy and sincerity appears as the underlying current in each of the stories, culminating in the poignant story about a man's (Barnes?) parents in the last story, "Pulse" that Barnes gave to the title of the book. It is a book about looking back to appreciate what little might be left in the future.
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Not as good as his classic 'A History of World in Ten and a Half Chapters' but still a very pleasant way of passing a few hours and thinking about the commonality of themes that Barnes splits across his stories. There are some surprisingly subtle undertones. Recommended.
Format:Hardcover
My husband and I loved this book. We are regular Julian Barnes's readers and both admire and enjoy his work. His short-stories have not been his 'forte' in my view, especially the earlier ones. But in this collection, every one of the stories is good - and of course the last story that gives the collection its name is a masterpiece.
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