The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over his…

Julian Barnes
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The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic.
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Every love story is a potential grief story. ✨ “Levels of Life by Julian Barnes - review” by Blake Morrison, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2013.
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..books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as if they contain information. ✨ Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile. www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.

The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic.

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