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Julian Barnes: Beyond the Page

Acclaimed and award-winning writer Julian Barnes talks to Katie Razzall about his literary life, preoccupation with death, why he's written his final novel and missing his readers.

Julian Barnes: How a 'very unconfident man' went on to be feted as one of the best of British novelists of the 1980s. Scaling the heights of literary greatness with works such as Flaubert's Parrot and The Sense of an Ending, he's now penned his final novel.

The award-winning writer talks to the BBC's culture editor, Katie Razzall, about his career, his thoughts on death and saying farewell to his novels and readers.

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28 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 Mar 202601:30
BBC News

Credits

InterviewerKatie Razzall
Interviewed GuestJulian Barnes

Broadcasts

  • Thu 26 Mar 202621:00
    BBC Four
  • Sat 28 Mar 202602:30
    BBC News
  • Sun 29 Mar 202613:30
    BBC News BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD only
  • Sun 29 Mar 202619:30
    BBC News except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Mon 30 Mar 202601:30
    BBC News

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