A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>A History of the World in 10½ Chapters tells a series of apparently unconnected stories ranging from a woodworm's eye view of the journey on Noah's Ark to an astronaut's quest for its final resting place.<br/>Full of pastiche and learned disquisition, heart-stopping documentary, and heart-lifting revelation, these stories are in fact all linked by a complex weave of inquiry into history itself--into love, myth, and fabulation. It's about everything that matters, told with brilliant imagination, intelligence, and humor.<br/><br/><br/>Review<br/><br/><br/>"A History may be ultimately undefinable, but it is thoughtful, often funny and never less than fascinating."-- "Publishers Weekly"<br/><br/><br/>"Frequently brilliant, funny, thoughtful, iconoclastic, and a delight to read."-- "Observer "<br/><br/><br/>"There is more moral and intellectual fodder, and more jokes, here than you will read in a month of Sundays...storytelling and teaching which captivate, liberate, and above all, enchant"-- "Financial Times"<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Julian Barnes is the author of numerous novels, as well as several books of short stories and collections of journalism. In addition to the Man Booker Prize, his other honors include the Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in London.