Winner of the Man Booker Prize of 2011
Having recently finished reading The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, I can tell you that it stays with you for a while. From the beginning I was intrigued by the premise of the story as the main character remembers an old school friend and events from years ago. The old friend's memory is brought to the present due to the death and will of another acquaintance from the character's past. The author taunts the reader a bit as he makes you wonder just what the main character remembers accurately and what he does not. You realize that even though you may have experienced the same event as someone else, you may not remember it in the same way that they do. As a matter of fact, you may remember it significantly differently than they do. This issue of the fallibility and/or fickleness of memory is what's truly at the heart of Barnes' book.
I found myself almost re-reading the book to see if I could discover gaps missed on the first go-round. I had quite a few questions remaining and so I ended up discussing the book with others whenever possible and seeking out bloggers' and reviewers' perspectives and thoughts about it.
I would recommend this book as an impressionable story that you probably won't soon forget.
If you're interested, you may want to check out the following links about the book (click on each below to link to webpage):
New York Times review link
GoodReads comments link
Julian Barnes Website
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