![]() To read more from Spectrum, visit our page here. This novel of unrequited platonic love takes aim at the singular character of the exacting Elizabeth Finch. Sign up to our Culture Fix newsletter here. ![]() I guess.”Ī cultural guide to going out and loving your city. And of reading Restoration plays, thinking: “This used to be funny. As I read Elizabeth Finch, a novel so emotionally restrained as to be unsoundable, old emotions surfaced: of pretending, as women did in those long ago years, to be interested in a boring boyfriend’s philosophical ideas. Aoustin, Mercure de France, 2022), quatorzime roman de l’crivain britannique Julian Barnes, surprend × Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. In 2022 sincerity and authenticity are rumbling irony as the preferred mode for many highly literate readers and writers. To be relevant they need to be adapted to the times, particularly irony, which has served male novelists far too well. To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at. Clarity, irony, wit, insight are valuable, but they need currency. Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes is published by Jonathan Cape (16.99, A35.00). There are many pleasurable moments, but I read with a curious, even unflagging exasperation. Some will respond with cries of recognition and/or pleasure. And, regrettably, pedantry, although my pedant might be your teacher. Barnes’ interest in philosophy bullies him as a novelist. ![]()
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