Cross Channel (short story collection)

Cross Channel is a collection of short stories by Julian Barnes, first published in 1996 by Jonathan Cape.[1] As the title suggests, all stories focus on the connection between England and France.

Cross Channel
First edition (UK)
AuthorJulian Barnes
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJonathan Cape (UK)
Knopf (US)
Publication date
1996
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback
Pages211
ISBN0-224-04301-3

Stories

  • Interference - Leonard Verity lives with Adeline in North France and composes Four Seasons.
  • Junction - Navvys work on the Rouen and Paris railway in the 1840s.
  • Experiment - Uncle Freddy exploring sex.
  • Melon - Cricket versus via Dorset and France.
  • Evermore - Visit every year her sister travels via Morris to see her brother's grave at Thieval.
  • Gnossienne - He attends conference both pataphysics and Oulipo.
  • Dragons - Dragons live in Gruissain
  • Brambilla - Concerns cyclist Pierre Brambilla.
  • Hermitage - Emily and Florence live in Essex near turnip-fields but have moved to vineyards.
  • Tunnel - An elderly man travels on the Eurostar and visits his grandad who dies in the Somme.

Official website

References

  1. "Cross Channel". Kirkus. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2014.


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