Julian Barnes

A collection of tales featuring aging characters facing the ends of their lives includes "The Silence," in which a composer longs for companionship, and "Knowing French," in which an octogenarian begins corresponding with an author.

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The Lemon Table

Daryl Houston

Lots of really lovely prose, often about pretty unpleasant things. Barnes confronts aging with a variety of treatments. You'd think such a collection would start to feel a little one-note, but it didn't. Will read again.

The Lemon Table Stories

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