Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
14th INTERNATIONAL IDEA CONFERENCE, STUDIES IN ENGLISH, Trabzon, Türkiye, 06 Ekim 2021, ss.81
Touching upon controversial issues such as
suicide, questioning of sanity, accumulation of memories and events in the
past, Julian Barnes’ Man Booker-winning novel The Sense of An Ending opens up for discussion the supposition that
past incidents are easier to follow
and understand from the historical perspective, that one can see an incident in
its entirety, more objectively, and from various angles with the passage of
time, which allows for a more accurate account of that incident. The recurring
theme of this novella is the accuracy, or inaccuracy, of memory, allied with
the effects of time. The major character is forever musing on memory, history
and truth. Revelations prompt further re-evaluation and interpretation about
the past and its wreckful and illusive structure. The Sense of An Ending is a book -more or less the story of an
average man who pulls apart and analyses his memory of school days, first love,
first sexual encounters, his marriage... everything about his life- that will
suit people who like to think about everything.