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British Short StoriesWritten by Julian Barnes
Read by Timothy West, Prunella Scales
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The characters in The Lemon Table are facing the ends of their lives–some with bitter regret, others with resignation, and others still with defiant rage. Their circumstances are just as varied as their responses. In 19th-century Sweden, three brief conversations provide the basis for a lifetime of longing. In today’s England, a retired army major heads into the city for his regimental dinner–and his annual appointment with a professional lady named Babs. Somewhere nearby, a devoted wife calms (or perhaps torments) her ailing husband by reading him recipes.
In stories brimming with life and our desire to hang on to it one way or another, Barnes proves himself by turns wise, funny, clever, and profound–a writer of astonishing powers of empathy and invention.
The stories included are:
01. A Short History of Hairdressing
02. The Story of Mats Israelson
03. The Things You Know
04. Hygiene
05. The Revival
06. Vigilance
07. Bark
08. Knowing French
09. Appetite
10. The Fruit Cage
11. The Silence
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