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1986 novel by Julian Barnes

Staring at the Sun
First edition cover
Author	Julian Barnes
Genre	Literary fiction
Publisher	Jonathan Cape
Publication date	1986
ISBN	978-0-224-02414-3

Staring at The Sun is a 1986 novel by English writer Julian Barnes.

In the novel, Barnes examines the ordinary life of Jean Serjeant from her childhood in the 1920s through her adulthood to the year 2020. Throughout her life, Jean learns to question the world's idea of truth while she explores the beauty and miracles of everyday life.

References

Hamilton, Ian (6 November 1986). "Real Questions". London Review of Books. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
"Staring at the Sun by Julian Barnes". Publishers Weekly. 1 March 1987. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
"Staring at the Sun". Kirkus Reviews. 15 March 1987. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
"Julian Barnes: Staring at the Sun". Julian Barnes. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

External links

Official Website of Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes

Novels

Metroland (1980)
Before She Met Me (1982)
Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
Staring at the Sun (1986)
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (1989)
Talking It Over (1991)
The Porcupine (1992)
England, England (1998)
Love, etc (2000)
Arthur & George (2005)
The Sense of an Ending (2011)
The Noise of Time (2016)
The Only Story (2018)
Elizabeth Finch (2022)

as Dan Kavanagh	Duffy (1980) Fiddle City (1981)

Short story collections

Cross Channel (1996)
The Lemon Table (2004)
Pulse (2011)

Non-fiction books

Film adaptions

Metroland (1997)
The Sense of an Ending (2017)

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