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Nothing to Be Frightened Of SummaryIf the fear of death is "the most rational thing in the world," how does one contend with it? An atheist at twenty, an agnostic at sixty, Barnes looks into the various arguments for and against and with God, and at the bloodline whose archivist, following his parents’ death, he has become—another realm of mystery, wherein a drawer of mementos and his own memories (not to mention those of his philosopher brother) often fail to connect. There are other ancestors, too: the writers—"most of them dead, and quite a few of them French"—who are his daily companions, supplemented by composers and theologians and scientists whose similar explorations are woven into this account with an exhilarating breadth of intellect and felicity of spirit
. Nothing to Be Frightened Of Reviews"Starred Review. If Barnes's self-professed "amateur" philosophical rambling feels occasionally self-indulgent, his vivid description delights. " - Publishers Weekly.
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Photo: Ellen Warner Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19,
1946. He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at
Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with
honors) in 1968. After graduation, he worked as a lexicographer for the
Oxford English Dictionary supplement for three years. In 1977, Barnes began
working as a reviewer and literary editor for the New Statesmen and the
New Review. From 1979 to 1986 he worked as a television critic, first
for the New Statesmen and then for the Observer (London).
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