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Name: The lemon table
Author: Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes assembles an array of brief, sharply observed scenes that drift from nineteenth‑century Sweden and Russia to contemporary London streets. Each vignette—ranging from an elderly writer exchanging letters with a publisher, to a retired soldier attending a regimental dinner—illustrates the quiet persistence of memory and the comfort found in routine. Notable stories include a woman reciting recipes to a sick husband and a music lover’s peculiar vendetta against noisy concertgoers. The collection is written in a playful, observant style and offers a portrait of older people navigating the complexities of their final years with humor and tenderness.

First publish date: 2004

Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories

Authors: Julian Barnes

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