![]() It is more of a philosophical treatise concerned with the ambiguity of ideas, collective and individual history, its impact and evaluation on our understanding of the reality and who we are, how it can affect our course of life. The book is not so much about Elizabeth Finch, plot or a character study. Their meeting lasted exactly 75 minutes where they discussed literature, history. Following a one-year course, Neil continued his friendship with Elizabeth Finch for 20 years, meeting her twice or thrice per year for a lunch at a small Italian restaurant in West London. It is often the inevitable consequence of a seemingly normal sublunary existence.”Įlizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes tells a story of Neil, a former unsuccessful actor with two failed marriages behind him, who recalls a friendship with his former teacher, Elizabeth Finch (referred in the book as EF), who taught him a course on culture and civilisation for mature students when Neil was in his mid-30s. It is not just soldiers in the field who later suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Our genetic inheritance might hamstring us. The number of people we deeply meet is strangely few. ![]() ![]() “We must certainly consider, not just in this class, but outside it, in our own turbulent and fretful lives, the element of chance. ![]()
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