num_pages: 224
description: No one has a better perspective to see things from both sides of the Channel than Julian Barnes. He is not only one of the premier writers in Britain but his prize-winning work has long been admired and recognized in France. In these exquisitely crafted and turned stories spanning several centuries, Julian Barnes takes as his universal theme the British in France, our fascination with the country, our various and mixed reasons for being there and our sometimes ambiguous reception.
language: English
title: Cross Channel
titlecomplete: Cross Channel
genres: British Literature, France, Historical, English Literature, Short Stories, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 809
publisher: Picador (in association with Jonathan Cape)