Julian Barnes is the author of ten previous novels, including Metroland, Flaubert’s Parrot, A History of the World in 10½ Chapters and Arthur & George; three books of short stories, Cross Channel, The Lemon Table and Pulse; and also three collections of journalism, Letters from London, Something to Declare and The Pedant in the Kitchen.
His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2011 he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. He lives in London.