![]() ![]() ![]() This sight extends to questions of guilt and innocence how we judge and determine, and perhaps more broadly, how each of us lives our lives with the knowledge of our impending death. It is about what we do and don’t see: the visible bonds of friendship, sympathy, or hatred and prejudice. From the simple impact of optical myopia to the complex impact of metaphorical myopia–short sightedness and long sightedness. A child wanted to see.” (3) Julian Barnes’ latest novel, Arthur & George is a novel about sight in all of its forms. It always begins like this, and it began like this then. However, the real magic of Arthur and George is, as is almost always the case with Barnes, in the great beauty of the narrative, which brings these characters into fictional life. There are images of George’s real book cover, real newspaper clippings, and other quotes from the annals of history. Barnes has clearly done a tremendous amount of research, and even a reader who comes to this work without the slightest knowledge of Arthur Conan-Doyle will leave with a good understanding of the key events in his life, from his earliest memory to his death. ![]()
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