Is it preferable to love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? Our Book of the Week this week is The Only Story by Julian Barnes. 

>> Read Stella's review. 

>> "Time, love and the slippery nature of memory."

>> Julian Barnes on the art of fiction. 

>> Julian chats with Clive. 

>> "Barnes writes with such shattering emotional acuity."

>> Thoughtful answers to interesting questions from Spanish students. 

>> The author's website. 

>> Mixed doubles, a long tradition. 

>> Julian Barnes at VOLUME.