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Nothing to be frightened of is a kind of commonplace book, scattered with quotes from flaubert, who believed that one must be equal to ones destiny, thats to say, impassive like it, and montaigne, who encouraged us to have the taste of death in your mouth and its name on your tongue. Nothing to be frightened of is a clever, learned, and at times somewhat repetitive exercise in whistling in the dark, as julian barnes gingerly creeps up on the fear of death that he admits. National bestseller a new york times best book of the year a memoir on mortality as only julian barnes can write it, one that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions he now poses about the most basic fact of life. Barnes is a novelist and what gives this book life and keeps the reader happily churning forward is his affection for the people who wander in.
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