The new book from the Booker Prize-winning Julian Barnes, about looking back, facing the future, and coming to the end of life
The new book from the Booker Prize-winning Julian Barnes, about looking back, facing the future, and coming to the end of life
Departure(s) is a book about many things, including-
A man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old
A Jack Russell called Jimmy, famous for his good behaviour
The mischievous nature of memory
The aging body, and how it begins to fail
Taking our chances, facing our fate
How we find happiness in this life
How a departure can also be an arrival
And when it is time to say goodbye
