{"product_id":"9781787335721","title":"Departure(s)","description":"Author: Barnes, Julian\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781787335721\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new book from the Booker Prize-winning Julian Barnes, about looking back, facing the future, and coming to the end of life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*The final book from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeparture(s) \u003c\/i\u003eis a work of fiction - but that doesn't mean it's not true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An elegant, thoughtful final book' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His \\\"last book\\\" ... proves one of his best'\u003ci\u003e DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Metafictional, moving, unmistakably Barnes' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeparture(s) \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. It is the story of an elderly Jack Russell called Jimmy, enviably oblivious to his own mortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is also the story of how the body fails us, whether through age, illness, accident or intent. And it is the story of how experiences fade into anecdotes, and then into memory. Does it matter if what we remember really happened? Or does it just matter that it mattered enough to be remembered?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt begins at the end of life - but it doesn't end there. Ultimately, it's about the only things that ever really mattered- how we find happiness in this life, and when it is time to say goodbye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our finest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e writers... \u003ci\u003eDeparture(s)\u003c\/i\u003e can only polish his reputation' \u003ci\u003eDAILY EXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'He has\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e given his career a triumphant ending' \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729851175070,"sku":"UBD-9781787335721","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781787335721.jpg?v=1776650972","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781787335721","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}