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Julian Barnes, The Lemon Table

'Pulse' hatte mir Lust auf mehr Kurzgeschichten von Barnes gemacht - und dieser Band befriedigt sie vollkommen. Wunderbare Betrachtungen von Dingen über die man selbst immer mal nachdenken wollte.

But as we mock these genteel fumblers of a previous era, we should prepare ourselves for the jeers of a later century. How come we never think of that? We believe in evolution, at least in the sense of evolution culminating in us. We forget that this entails evolution beyond our solipsistic selves. Those old Russians were good at dreaming a better time, and idly we claim their dreams as our applause.

(Julian Barnes, aus: The Revival, in 'The Lemon Table', 2004)