This novel of unrequited platonic love takes aim at the singular character of the exacting Elizabeth Finch. Elizabeth Finch is an interrogation of what it means to make a study of someone else, love someone, to be changed by someone, and to realize we maybe never have known them at all." -Julia Hass, contributing editor, LitHub Perhaps one of Barnes’ most personal novels, he pulls almost direct quotes from his 2016 obituary of his real-life friend and novelist, Anita Brookner as he describes. a class he took with the larger-than-life Elizabeth Finch. In typical Barnesian fashion, Elizabeth Finch's narrator, Neil, can trace the origin of his person, the turning point of his life, back to. "Barnes' reputation precedes him as an immersive and gentle storyteller, someone transfixed with humanness, the mystery at the centre of personhood, and most importantly, the fallibility of memory and story. "Charming." -Molly Young, The New York Times Book Review I'll remember Elizabeth Finch when most other characters I've met this year have faded." -John Self, The Times (UK) with barely a sentence in it that doesn't have some nutritional value. Elizabeth Finch offers plenty to chew on.
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