Julian Barnes

Pulse

The stories in Julian Barnes' third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of the body, of love and sex, illness and death, connections and conversations. A divorcee falls in love with a mysterious European waitress; a widower relives a favourite holiday; two writers rehearse familiar arguments; a couple bond, fall out and bond again over flowers and vegetable patches. And at a series of evenings at 'Phil & Joanna's', the topics of conversation range from the environment to the Britishness of marmalade, from toilet graffiti to smoking, as we witness the guests' lives in flux.

Signed by Julian Barnes to the title page

A near fine, unread copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a near fine, unclipped dustjacket (some tanning to page edge blocks)