The Only Story

Julian Barnes
Vintage Digital • 2018

Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t kno...now anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.Tender and profound, The Only Story is an achingly beautiful novel by one of fiction’s greatest mappers of the human heart.
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Akými slovami by sa dnes dal opísať vzťah 19 ročného dospievajúceho chlapca a 48 ročnej zrelej ženy? Predstavme si teraz, akou optikou by sa na podobný milenecký vzťah nazeralo pred 50 rokmi, v konzervatívnom prostredí na predmestí Londýna?Presne na takomto mieste sa odohráva najnovší román Juliana Barnesa o láske s názvom Jediný príbeh.

Akými slovami by sa dnes dal opísať vzťah 19 ročného dospievajúceho chlapca a 48 ročnej zrelej ženy? Predstavme si teraz, akou optikou by sa na podobný milenecký vzťah nazeralo pred 50 rokmi, v konzervatívnom prostredí na predmestí Londýna?Presne na takomto mieste sa odohráva najnovší román Juliana Barnesa o láske s názvom Jediný príbeh.

Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.

First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.

As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.

Tender and profound, The Only Story is an achingly beautiful novel by one of fiction’s greatest mappers of the human heart.