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Talking It Over

Talking It Over
Julian Barnes

Talking It Over is a novel by Julian Barnes published in 1991, it won the Prix Femina Étranger the following year.

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“I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you’re pretending to be.”

Julian Barnes book Talking It Over

Source: Talking It Over

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“Now, Stuart, as you will discover if you have not done so already, believes that the principal raison d'etre of food is to conceal from public view the hideous pattern on the plate beneath.”

Julian Barnes book Talking It Over

Page 28.
Talking It Over (1991)

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“This is I have to admit, one murky compartment of the female psyche which has yet to benefit from the oven-scourer of Reason.”

Julian Barnes book Talking It Over

Page 43.
Talking It Over (1991)

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