Julian Barnes, a postmodern novelist, combines vivid psychological realism with bold experimentation. His novel Arthur & George (2005) was short-listed for the 2005 Man Booker Prize, the third of Barnes's books to be so honored. The novel is the story of the intersection of two lives: an internationally famous author, and an obscure country lawyer wrongly imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Barnes's other books include The Lemon Table (2004), In the Land of Pain (2003); Love, etc. (2001); England, England (1999); Talking it Over (1991), winner of the Prix Femina; and Flaubert's Parrot (1984), winner of the Prix Medicis award.
