"[Barnes's] ambitions expand and contract from novel to novel." –
New York Times "Mr. Barnes has always enjoyed playing with form and style, the porous border between fiction and nonfiction. . . . Over the course of
Elizabeth Finch, Mr. Barnes frequently reminds us of the potency of mythmaking." –
Wall Street Journal "Elegant. . . .
Elizabeth Finch is erudite yet accessible." –
Star Tribune
"A lyrical, thoughtful, and intriguing exploration of love, grief, and the collective myths of history. Barnes adds yet another remarkable title to his astoundingly remarkable body of work." –
Booklist "A novel of ideas . . . with barely a sentence in it that doesn't have some nutritional value . . . I'll remember Elizabeth Finch when most other characters I've met this year have faded." –John Self,
The Times (UK)
"A singular tale." –
Daily Mail (UK)
"Everything Barnes writes changes everything . . . Barnes's latest novel, must be read at least twice for the full force of its voltage to be felt . . . A cryptic crossword of a novel,
Elizabeth Finch is a trickier and even brainier version of
Flaubert's Parrot." –Frances Wilson,
Oldie "The book's central and most enthralling section . . . deals with a figure Elizabeth Finch esteemed as a kindred spirit: Julian the Apostate . . . A bravura exercise in nimbly handled erudition . . . [
Elizabeth Finch] also celebrates the cast of mind Barnes most prizes. A connoisseur and master of irony himself, he fills this book with instances of its exhilarating power." –Peter Kemp,
Sunday Times "
Elizabeth Finch ranks alongside Barnes' best." –Joshua Pugh Ginn,
UK Press Syndication
"A new novel from Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes is always a literary event, and
Elizabeth Finch . . . is not different. Wistful, thought-provoking stuff." –
Sunday Telegraph "This is . . . Julian Barnes . . . in his best ambitious high concept mode, serious and playful at once." –Lindsay Duguid,
Tablet, *Novel of the Week*
