num_pages: 211
description: Combining the intellectual audacity of A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters with the francophilia of the acclaimed Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes explores the English experience of France over the centuries with dazzling wit and sophistication. This is Barnes's first collection of stories.
language: English
title: Cross Channel
titlecomplete: Cross Channel
genres: Fiction, Historical, France, Short Stories, English Literature, British Literature, Literature, Contemporary, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 809
publisher: Vintage Canada