The Art of Remembering

In Julian Barnes' novel The Sense of an Ending we meet Tony Webster. He has had a quiet life: loved and lost, had friends and fell out with them. He has come at a point in his life where the bulk of it is remembered. Tony Webster's past is a construct, and those able to corroborate are slowly disappearing. Then a thing from his past resurfaces, making him re-examine everything that he thought was true.

Julian Barnes takes us into the head of Tony Webster. The reader has as many difficulties to get what Tony can't grasp. The Sense of an Ending is a beautifully constructed dive into the construction of the self, and how to come to terms with others who view you differently – even after al those years. barnes tells a story of youth and old age, and how our formative years can come back to haunt us – as they so often do.