Changing My Mind

A new book from one of our most acclaimed writers.

‘We always believe that changing our mind is an improvement, bringing a greater truthfulness to our dealings with the world and other people. It puts an end to vacillation, uncertainty, weak-mindedness. It seems to make us stronger and more mature. Well, we would think that, wouldn’t we?’

In this engaging and erudite essay, critically acclaimed writer Julian Barnes explores what is involved when we change our minds: about words, about politics, about books; about memories, age and time.

‘Provocative and entertaining.’
Independent

‘The Booker Prize winner, now 79 years old, offers a witty, personal reflection on the ways we continually convince ourselves that “we are consistent human beings rather than seaweed tossed around by the tides.” ’
Ron Charles, Washington Post

‘It’s always heartening, given shortened attention spans, to find that the long essay still exists in book form. And hats off to Notting Hill Editions which still commissions contemporary authors to write them. Julian Barnes’s Changing My Mind is a pleasing example of the genre.’
Evening Standard

‘Exploring how he has changed (or not changed) his mind over the decades on politics, books, age and memories, Barnes offers a short autobiography of his mind, as well as providing some fascinating insights into the society we have become . . . The writing is as typically elegant as is to be expected from Barnes’
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