{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-world-in-10-12-chapters-julian-barnes","title":"A History of the World in 10 1\/2 Chapters (Julian Barnes)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in 10½ Chapters \u003c\/i\u003epresents a surprising and subversive fictional-history of earth told from several kaleidoscopic perspectives. Noah disembarks from his ark but he and his Voyage are not forgotten: they are revisited in on other centuries and other climes - by a Victorian spinster mourning her father, by an American astronaut on an obsessive personal mission. We journey to the Titanic, to the Amazon, to the raft of the \u003ci\u003eMedusa\u003c\/i\u003e, and to an ecclesiastical court in medieval France where a bizarre case is about to begin...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is no ordinary history, but something stranger; a challenge and a delight for the reader's imagination. Ambitious yet accessible, witty and playfully serious, this is the work of a brilliant novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJulian Barnes \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of fourteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2011 Booker Prize, and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Noise of Time \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Only Story\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written three books of short stories, four collections of essays and five works of non-fiction, including \u003ci\u003eNothing to Be Frightened Of\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e number one bestseller\u003ci\u003e Levels of Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for lifetime contribution to literature in 2011, and the Légion d'honneur in 2017.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65932510331229,"sku":"K029993118","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2999311800001A.jpg?v=1789503039","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/a-history-of-the-world-in-10-12-chapters-julian-barnes","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}