I walked slowly back to the house. I stood in the doorway, calling for a lemon.
Julian Barnes
The Lemon Table
Born in Leicester, England, in 1946, Julian Barnes is the author of a previous book of stories, Cross Channel, two collections of essays, a translation of Alphonse Daudet’s In the Land of Pain, and nine novels. In France, he is the only writer to have won both the Prix Médicis and the Prix Fémina, and in 2004 he became a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; in England his honors include the Somerset Maugham Award and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He has also received the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives in London.
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INTERNATIONAL
ALSO BY JULIAN BARNES
FICTION
METROLAND
BEFORE SHE MET ME
FLAUBERT’S PARROT
STARING AT THE SUN
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10½ CHAPTERS
TALKING IT OVER
THE PORCUPINE
CROSS CHANNEL
ENGLAND, ENGLAND
LOVE, ETC.
NONFICTION
LETTERS FROM LONDON, 1990-1995
SOMETHING TO DECLARE
THE PENDANT IN THE KITCHEN
TRANSLATION
IN THE LAND OF PAIN by Alphonse Daudet
FIRST VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, MAY 2005
Copyright © 2004 by Julian Barnes
Some stories in this collection were previously published in the following: “Appetite” in Areté; “The Silence” and “Knowing French” in Granta; “A Short History of Hairdressing,” “The Story of Mats Israelson,” “Hygiene,” “The Revival,” “Bark,” and “The Fruit Cage” in The New Yorker; “Vigilance” in The Times Literary Supplement; and “The Things You Know” in Sightlines, edited by P. D. James (Vintage UK, 2001).
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The lemon table / Julian Barnes.
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PR6052.A6657L46 2004
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