In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the
lift of a
Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting
to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the
previous decade is no use to him now. And few who are taken to the Big
House ever return.
The author:
Julian Barnes' first book was published 21 years ago. He is the author
of eight novels, including Metroland, Flaubert's Parrot, A History of
the World in 10.5 Chapters, Talking It Over, Love, etc., and England,
England, and of a collection of stories, Cross Channel. He lives in
London.
Text in English