Departure(s) - Julian Barnes Science Fiction and Fantasy For in this city

For in this city

In Do Not Go Gentle

and written with a deep understanding of how complex a family's love can be

pursue joy

both grimly resigned to life in a paradise where neither feels fully at home

Departure(s) - Julian Barnes Science Fiction and Fantasy For in this cityDeparture(s) is a work of fiction but that doesn't mean it's not true. 'An elegant, thoughtful final book' THE TIMES`His "last book" . proves one of his best' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Metafictional, moving, unmistakably Barnes' OBSERVERDeparture(s) is the story of a man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. It is the story of an elderly Jack Russell called Jimmy, enviably oblivious to his own