Críticas
A moving, engaging book… his [Barnes’s] humorous narrative explores the effect of time on love… a rather lovely swansong ― Independent
[An] elegant, thoughtful final book, which considers old age, fate and happiness. It’s an arch blend of memoir and make-believe ― and rather touching ― The Times, *Books to Look Out For 2026*
His [Barnes’s] “last book”… proves one of his best ― Daily Telegraph, *Books to Look Out For 2026*
Metafictional, moving, unmistakably Barnes ― Observer, *Books to Look Out For 2026*
A richly layered autofiction… Artfully constructed to seem casually conversational, it braids erudite essayism and fiction, and every line is turned inside out with qualifications ― Observer
At a little over 150 pages, Departure(s) is brief but it is not slight and, each time I read it, I thought about it for days afterwards… If this is his [Barnes’s] last book, he has given his career a triumphant ending ― Financial Times
Disparate elements are bound together by the skilful management of theme and tone… [Departure(s)] is at once confidently authoritative and tentatively questioning. Barnes assumes a personal relation with his readers, built on the kind of intimacy that cancer’s company doesn’t provide ― Times Literary Supplement
Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes approaches his 80th birthday this month secure in his position as one of our finest writers. And Departure(s) can only polish his reputation -- Matt Nixson ― Daily Express and Mirror
Departure(s), [is] a masterpiece of narrative trickery ― Spectator
Barnes at his most irresistible… [Departure(s) is] a perfect send-off ― The Times
A curious, engaging mix of fiction and non-fiction… Playful and self-aware, if this really is his last book…it’s a lovely way to sign off ― UK Press Syndication
This is an author’s farewell to his readers, and an injunction to continue to observe the world: to notice, to wonder, as the best writers always encourage us to do ― Daily Mail
Whether he’s writing fiction or nonfiction, Barnes is excellent… One of Barnes’s cleverest and most humane talents has been to allow us to feel things, ordinary things both trifling and important, about our own lives ― Guardian, *Book of the Day*
Departure(s) departs beautifully, with Barnes imagining sitting at a pavement café with his faithful reader, enjoying a drink, watching the world go by ― London Standard
The author’s masterful balance of confiding coolness and erudite intimacy will be missed even before the final page is turned ― Mail on Sunday
Contraportada
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.
Biografía del autor
Julian Barnes is the author of fourteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Booker Prize, and Sunday Times bestsellers The Noise of Time and The Only Story. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and five works of non-fiction, including Nothing to Be Frightened Of and the Sunday Times number one bestseller Levels of Life. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for lifetime contribution to literature in 2011, the Légion d’honneur in 2017, and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature in 2026.
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