Predperson of the end. Barnes J.

Julian Barnes - perhaps the most striking and original prose writer of modern Britain. And his novel “The Hungry of the End” received the Buker Prize - one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. Perhaps the main talent of Barnes is the ability to easily and naturally play in his works with styles and directions. Thin stylization and caustic irony, sophisticated lyricism and sarcasm that reach cynicism, aggressive rigidity and fun mischief - Barns is subject to all this and much more. In the class of an elite school, where Tony Webster and his friends Colin and Alex are studying, the new one comes - Adrian Finn. The inseparable Trinity quickly becomes a four, but Adrian holds on to the hitch: “We always ended up and very rarely spoke seriously. And our new classmate always spoke seriously and very rarely ended up. ” After school, four swear in eternal friendship - and diverge for a long time in different directions; This is the fault of this romantic experiences and adult worries, an unexpected tragedy and a desire to quickly throw it out of my head... And now Tony, who has been aged for forty years, receives an unexpected letter from a lawyer and, starting to promote a cunning ball of causes and consequences, understands that the past that seemed so simple And clear, fraught with many shocking surprises... In 2017, the film version of this novel was released in the world rental. The main roles in the film were played by Charlotte Rampling, Jim Brodbent, Michel Dokeri, Emily Mortimer, Joe Elvin.