Cross Channel (short story collection)
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 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Julian Barnes |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) Knopf (US) |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback |
| Pages | 211 |
| ISBN | 0-224-04301-3 |
Cross Channel is a collection of short stories by Julian Barnes, first published in 1996 by Jonathan Cape.[1] As the title suggests, all stories focus on the connection between England and France.
Stories
- Interference - Leonard Verity lives with Adeline in North France and composes Four Seasons.
- Junction - Navvys work on the Rouen and Paris railway in the 1840s.
- Experiment - Uncle Freddy exploring sex.
- Melon - Cricket versus via Dorset and France.
- Evermore - Visit every year her sister travels via Morris to see her brother's grave at Thieval.
- Gnossienne - He attends conference both pataphysics and Oulipo.
- Dragons - Dragons live in Gruissain
- Brambilla - Concerns cyclist Pierre Brambilla.
- Hermitage - Emily and Florence live in Essex near turnip-fields but have moved to vineyards.
- Tunnel - An elderly man travels on the Eurostar and visits his grandad who dies in the Somme.
External links
References
- ^ "Cross Channel". Kirkus. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
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